Cup stand

Object Details

• Description

  Cup-stand, both marly and cavetto of petal outline. Four spur-marks.

  Clay: hard, sonant.

  Glaze: lustrous gray-green, broadly crackled; a slight sprinkling of decay.

  Decoration: inlaid in white and black under glaze.

• Label

  With its petal-shaped tray and foot and a central support modeled in the form of a lotus, this stand once held a flower-shaped wine cup. The cup's decoration would have matched that of the stand, which uses both black and white inlay to render floral motifs.

• Provenance

  Kojima Collection, Nagasaki [1]

  To 1904

  Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [2]

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1325, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

  [3] See note 1 and 2.

  [4] 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

  Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

  Korean Ceramics (February 4, 1997 to August 7, 2011)

  Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)

  Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)

  Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)

  Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)

  Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

  Japanese and Korean Pottery, and Korean Bronze (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kojima Collection

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Furniture and Furnishing

• On View

  Freer Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co., Kojima

• Place

  Gangjin, Jeolla-do province, Buan kilns, Korea

• Topic

  Goryeo period (918 - 1392), Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Inlay (process), Green glaze, Stoneware, Korean Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Furniture, Furnishings

• On View

  Yes