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  • Period

    1490-1530
  • Geography

    Aichi prefecture or Gifu prefecture, Japan
  • Material

    Stoneware with ash glaze
  • Dimension

    H x Diam: 6.6 × 16.4 cm (2 5/8 × 6 7/16 in)
  • Accession Number

    F1901.49
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1901.49

Object Details

  • Description

    Fine-grained, buff clay. Ash glaze with large irregular crackle, appearing pale yellow-green where thin, olive-green where thicker or pooled in bottom. Foot completely glazed, with circular scar from clay firing ring.
  • Previous custodian or owner

    James Lord Bowes (1834-1899)
    R. Wagner (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
  • Provenance

    James Lord Bowes (1834-1899), England [1]
    To 1901
    R. Wagner, Berlin, to 1901 [2]
    From 1901 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from R. Wagner, in 1901 [3]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
    Notes:
    [1] See Curatorial Remark 12, Louise A. Court, in the object record. See also, Louise A. Cort, Seto and Mino Ceramics, 1992, copy in object file.
    [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 919, 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.
  • Origin

    Aichi prefecture or Gifu 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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