Tea bowl, possibly Agano ware
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Creative CommonsAt A Glance
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Period
1620-1650 -
Geography
Saga or Fukuoka prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with white slip under wood-ash glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 8.4 × 14.8 cm (3 5/16 × 5 13/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1898.63 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.63
Object Details
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Description
Tea bowl, goki shape, on high spreading foot. Gold lacquer repair.Clay: medium, fired grayish brown. Fine purplish cream color.Glaze: thin, transparent, fine crackle. Covers most of foot. Five shijimi shell spurmarks on footim.Decoration: brushed slip under the glaze. -
Provenance
To 1898Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]From 1898 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 557, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)Freer and Tea: 100 Years of The Book of Tea (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)Japanese Screens (May 9, 1993 to November 13, 1995)Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Saga or Fukuoka prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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