Tea bowl

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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
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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 1901R. Wagner, Berlin, to 1901 [2]From 1901 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from R. Wagner, in 1901 [3]From 1920Freer 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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