Figure of elderly person in tattered kimono leaning on staff, possibly Sotoba Komachi

Object Details

• Description

  Figure in tattered kimono leaning over a tub holding a staff and a drawstring bag.

  Clay: hard, resonant, buff.

  Glaze: brilliant brownish-gray, with underglaze iron details; brown crackle. Flesh parts in thin red wash, hair in dark iron wash.

• Provenance

  To 1899

  James Lord Bowes (1834-1899), England, to 1899 [1]

  Sale of the James Lord Bowes Collection, Liverpool, England, May 6, 1901 [2]

  To 1902

  James Tregaskis, London, to 1902 [3]

  From 1902 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from James Tregaskis in 1902 [4]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]

  Notes:

  [1] The collection of James Lord Bowes (1834-1899) was auctioned in Liverpool on May 6, 1901, and the catalogue is in the Freer Library [SI 3026] (see Curatorial Remark 5, Louise A. Cort, 1986, in the object record).

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Original Pottery List, L. 1162, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [4] See note 2.

  [5] 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

  James Lord Bowes (1834-1899)

  James Tregaskis (1850-1926) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Name

  Tregaskis, James, Freer, Charles Lang, Bowes, James Lord

• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture

• Topic

  Karatsu ware, Art, Elder, Stoneware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Sculpture