Incense burner used as tea caddy

Object Details

• Description

  Fine-grained, light gray clay. Concentrically trimmed base. Three incised concentric grooves on horizontal shoulder. Dull brown iron glaze mottled with ochre. Four finger marks in glaze at base. Inside glazed.

• Provenance

  To 1902

  Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921), Kidderminster, England, to 1902 [1]

  From 1902 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Michael Tomkinson in 1902 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1171, 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

  The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986)

  Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Mino kilns or Seto kilns, Gifu prefecture or Aichi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1610s, 1600s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Tomkinson, Michael

• Place

  Aichi prefecture, Japan, Gifu prefecture, Seto kilns, Mino kilns

• Topic

  Tea, Charles Lang Freer collection, Mino ware, Art, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Ivory, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Brown and black glaze, Ceramics, Seto ware

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)