Tea caddy in the shape of a pumpkin (body of a Kochi-style incense container)
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Period
1827-1843 -
Geography
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with clear glaze and lead-silicate glaze; ivory lid -
Dimension
H x Diam: 2.7 x 5.7 cm (1 1/16 x 2 1/4 in) -
Accession Number
F1899.88a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1899.88a-b
Object Details
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Artist
Eiraku Hozen 永楽保全 (1795-1854) -
Description
Tea caddy (chaire) in shape of Japanese pumpkin (kabocha). Ivory cover.Clay: hard, fine. Buff Kyoto-type pottery.Glaze: brilliant turquoise green, crackled, splashed in bronze and black; metallic iridescence. Inside - clear, crackled.Seal: Eiraku. -
Marks
Eiraku -
Provenance
To 1899Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1899 [1]From 1899 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 716, 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
Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985) -
Previous custodian or owner
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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