Tea caddy, Karatsu ware, E-Karatsu type
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Period
1596-1615 -
Geography
Saga prefecture or Nagasaki prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with iron pigment under ash glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam (overall): 5.1 x 7.9 cm (2 x 3 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1905.303a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1905.303a-b
Object Details
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Description
Tea caddy (chaire) low broad from; unglazed foot recessed; ivory cover.Clay: coarse gray stoneware.Glaze: brown with two areas of lavendar mottling; crackled.Decoration: a few lines and spots of unglaze iron around the shoulder.The lid that came with this tea caddy never belonged to it; it is too large and the wrong shape. -
Label
Rice-straw ash in the glaze created the opalescent blue effect. High heat during firing slightly softened the form. -
Provenance
To 1905Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1905 [1]From 1905 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1447, 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
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)Freer and Tea II: Raku, Hagi, Karatsu (July 8, 2006 to January 1, 2007)Japanese Art (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Saga prefecture or Nagasaki prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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