Gourd-shaped tea caddy with two ears

Object Details

• Description

  Gourd-shaped tea caddy (hyotan chaire [JPN]), two loop handles. Ivory cover (knob missing).

  Clay: hard, gray. Dark brown on surface, glossy. Flat base with incised parallel marks.

  Glaze: brilliant, rich dark olive-brown; iron-ash glaze. Layers of brown, black, and white glazes (white glaze nearly invisible). Interior unglazed.

  Weighed by Matsumura Makiko: 142.48 grams.

• Provenance

  To 1901

  R. Wagner, Berlin, to 1901 [1]

  From 1901 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from R. Wagner in 1901 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 888, 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

• Previous custodian or owner

  R. Wagner (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Wagner, R., Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Japan, Kagoshima prefecture

• Topic

  Tea, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Ivory, Stoneware, Satsuma ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Brown and black glaze, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)