Flask

Object Details

• Description

  Flask (teihei 提瓶), said to have been found in Fukuoka Pref.

  Flask; one side flat, one convex; short neck with flaring lip; two loop handles. Fragments of other pots and sand adhering.

  Clay: fine, dark gray

  Glaze: greenish ash glaze on upper parts

  Decoration: fine incised spiral covering convex side

• Provenance

  To 1907

  Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [1]

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in spring 1907 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1574, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also, an inscription in red pigment on the convex side of the flask appears to be a record of excavation (according to Curatorial Remark 8, L.A. Cort, 1986, 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

  Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s, 500s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Asuka period (552 - 710), Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Sue ware, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)