Small jar, used in Japan as tea caddy

Object Details

• Description

  Small jar, used in Japan as tea caddy (chaire) Ivory cover (knob missing). String-cut foot, beveled edge.

  Clay: hard, fine-grained, reddish brown.

  Glaze: thin reddish-brown glaze, brown where thicker, blackish where thin; diagonal line with several chips and smudges. Interior unglazed.

• 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. 1901 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1358, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also see Curatorial Remark 9, 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

  The Tea Ceremony as Melting Pot (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)

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

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1500s, 1690s

• Name

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

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Tea, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Ivory, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)