Vase for Buddhist altar
Terms of Use
Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
1800-1868 -
Geography
Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear glaze, rice-straw ash glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 34.9 × 10.9 cm (13 3/4 × 4 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1901.119 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1901.119
Object Details
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Description
Light gray clay. Two lion-head-shaped loop handles. Incised decoration on neck and base; molded and hand-formed relief decor of peonies accented with under-glaze cobalt blue. Clear glaze, crackled, yellow-green where thick. Splashed on both sides of neck with opaque bluish white unofu glaze. Clear glaze on inside. -
Label
Ofuke ware is associated with a kiln operated by Seto potters within Nagoya Castle, but certain Mino kilns also made Ofuke-style ware. Ofuke ware was made for private use and distribution by the Owari Tokugawa house, rulers of the domain that encompassed both Seto and Mino. -
Provenance
To 1901Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1901 [1]From 1901 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1901 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]Notes:[1]See Pottery List, L. 1007, 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
Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986) -
Previous custodian or owner
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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