Pentagonal incense box in Oribe style
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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
1800-1868 -
Geography
Seto kilns, Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under clear glaze, and copper-green glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 5.1 × 5.8 cm (2 × 2 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1902.64a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1902.64a-b
Object Details
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Description
Fine-grained, reddish brown clay.Underglaze painted decoration in white slip and black iron pigment.Clear glaze, milky where thick; copper-green ash glaze on knob. Inside glazed; recessed base unglazed. -
Provenance
To 1902Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]From 1902 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1130, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 10, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).[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
Oribe Ware: Color and Pattern in Japanese Ceramics (December 13, 2014 to June 14, 2015)Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986) -
Previous custodian or owner
Samuel Colman (1832-1920)American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Seto kilns, Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Container -
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