Satsuma ware vase with design of peonies
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Period
1700-1820 -
Geography
Kagoshima prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with cobalt decoration under translucent glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 31.6 × 28.8 cm (12 7/16 × 11 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1900.66 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1900.66
Object Details
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Description
Flower-vase, beaker shape; grotesque head loop handles.Clay: dense, grayish.Glaze: grayish-cream, crackled; large areas roughened by kiln-grit.Decoration: in greenish-gray cobalt under glaze. -
Provenance
Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto [1]To 1900Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [2]From 1900 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [3]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]Notes:[1] According Curatorial Remark 1 and Curatorial Remarks 6, H.E. Buckman, 1965, in the object record. See also, Curatorial Remark 4, C.L. Freer, in the object record, which states: "Purchased by B. Matsuki for my collection from the elder Ikeda of Kioto, who showed me the jar during one of my early trips to Japan."[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 762, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[3] See note 2.[4] 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
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016) -
Previous custodian or owner
Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Kagoshima prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America -
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