Cylindrical jar

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At A Glance

  • Period

    1750-1868
  • Geography

    Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan
  • Material

    Stoneware with copper-tinted ash glaze and rice-straw ash (unofu) glaze
  • Dimension

    H x Diam: 16.7 × 15.4 cm (6 9/16 × 6 1/16 in)
  • Accession Number

    F1905.59
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1905.59

Object Details

  • Description

    Coarse, buff clay, darkened on surface by use. String-cut base.
    Copper-tinted ash glaze, appearing opaque dark green, on inside and outside; splashed on shoulder in two places with rice-straw ash (unofu) glaze, which renders copper-green glaze translucent pale green and bears opalescent blue streaks in centers of splashes, where glaze is thickest. Scars of glaze drips around edge of unglazed base.
  • 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. 1720 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1732, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also see Curatorial Remark 10, 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 Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 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

    Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan
  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer
  • Type

    Vessel
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