Tall tea caddy, Oribe type

Object Details

• Description

  Light buff clay. String-cut base. Wheel-thrown shape flattened on opposing sides by squeezing, vertical and horizontal carving, and slashing; deep bevel around foot. Mark, "X," incised on base. Iron-tinted ash glaze, appearing khaki brown where thick, dark matte brown where thin at edges and where wiped off intentionally; glossy brown iron glaze applied to neck, running irregularly down body. Inside unglazed. Weight:161.62 grams.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Japanese Trading Company (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Provenance

  To 1901

  Japanese Trading Company, New York to 1901 [1]

  From 1901 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Japanese Trading Company in 1901 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 974, 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.

• Origin

  Motoyashiki kiln, Toki city, Gifu prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1610s, 1600s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Japanese Trading Company

• Place

  Motoyashiki kiln, Toki city, Japan, Gifu prefecture

• Topic

  Tea, Mino ware, Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Stoneware, Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)