Vase in the shape known as "traveler's pillow"

Object Details

• Description

  Vase of shape known as "traveling pillow" (tabimakura [Jpn]), large cylindrical. Two restorations in lip. Ivory cover does not belong to piece.

  Clay: dense, coarse, with feldspar granules, string-cut foot.

  Glaze: thin, brilliant gray, splashed with olive-brown, in three places, on rim at "front."

  Inscription on back of body: in lacquer, name "Juro jiku [Jpn]" and cipher of inscriber.

• Inscriptions

  Inscription on back of body: in lacquer, name "Juro jiku [Jpn]" and cipher of inscriber.

• Provenance

  1901

  Rufus E. Moore, 1901 [1]

  From 1901 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1901 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, 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

  Rusticity Refined: Kyoto Ceramics by Ninsei (March 19 to October 23, 2005)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Shigaraki, Shiga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Moore, Rufus E.

• Place

  Shiga prefecture, Japan, Shigaraki

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Stoneware, Shigaraki ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Lacquer, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)