Seto ware tea bowl

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At A Glance

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  • Period

    1490-1530
  • Geography

    Aichi prefecture, Japan
  • Material

    Stoneware with ash glaze
  • Dimension

    H x Diam: 5.8 × 15.5 cm (2 5/16 × 6 1/8 in)
  • Accession Number

    F1904.327
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1904.327

Object Details

  • Description

    Fine-grained, buff clay, stained brown in bottom and lower sides. Ash glaze with large irregular crackle, appearing pale yellow-green where thin, olive-green were thicker or pooled in bottom. Foot completely glazed, with irregularly shaped circular scar from clay firing ring. Lacquer repairs on trim.
  • Provenance

    To 1904
    Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]
    From 1904 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1327, 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.
    [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 Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
    The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
    The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
    The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986)
  • Previous custodian or owner

    Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
  • Origin

    Aichi prefecture, Japan
  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer
  • Type

    Vessel
  • On View

    Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
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