Shidoro ware sake bottle

Object Details

• Description

  Sake bottle (tokkuri), gourd-shaped.

  Clay: hard, fine, grayish, porcelaneous.

  Glaze: brilliant turquoise blue on lower body; aubergine purple, lightly crackled, on neck. Touch of turquoise on lip. Enamel glazes.

  Decoration: in black (cobalt pigment, gosu) under glaze. Band around waist with two dragons incised; on lower body, scattered roundels with various motifs, painted.

• Provenance

  To 1905

  Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906), Washington, DC, to 1905 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Waggaman Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 25-February 3, 1905, no. 1889 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1357, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also see Curatorial Remark 11, Louise Cort, June 17, 2008, 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

  Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)

  American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Yokooka village, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1870s

• Name

  Waggaman, Thomas E., American Art Association, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, Yokooka village

• Topic

  Wine and wine making, Charles Lang Freer collection, Cobalt pigment, Art, Gourd, Kirigome ware, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Sake

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)