Karatsu ware individual food-serving cup, E-Karatsu type

Object Details

• Description

  Deep cylindrical cup (mukozuke), low, square-cut, unglazed foot, lacquer repairs.

  Clay: gray stoneware fired reddish brown where unglazed.

  Glaze: gray, pitted, very slight crackle.

  Decoration: grasses and birds painted in iron brown under glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1898

  Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York to 1898 [1]

  From 1898 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1898 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 397, 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)

  Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

  Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Taku kilns, Taku, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1590s, 1610s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Moore, Rufus E.

• Place

  Taku, Taku kilns, Japan, Saga prefecture

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Lacquer repair, Karatsu ware, E-karatsu type, Stoneware, Wood-ash glaze, Japanese Art, Lacquer, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)