Tea caddy
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Period
1630-1750 -
Geography
Japan -
Material
Stoneware with iron glaze; ivory lid -
Dimension
H x Diam: 10.9 × 11.4 cm (4 5/16 × 4 1/2 in) -
Accession Number
F1898.85a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.85a-b
Object Details
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Description
Large tea caddy. Ivory cover.Clay: hard, grayish on interior, warm lustrous brown on surface. String-cut foot, three stilt marks.Glaze: mottled blue-black glaze stopping short over thin brown glaze. -
Provenance
To 1898Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York to 1898 [1]From 1898 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1898 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 720, 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
Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1951 (January 23, 1951 to February 25, 1956)Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Hanging Scrolls, Ceramics, and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to January 23, 1951)Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Ceramics and Painting (May 2, 1946 to October 2, 1947) -
Previous custodian or owner
Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
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