Tea bowl stand

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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
first half of 12th century -
Geography
Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea -
Material
Stoneware with black slip under celadon glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 4.3 × 13.3 cm (1 11/16 × 5 1/4 in) -
Accession Number
F1911.366.2 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1911.366.2
Object Details
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Description
Tea-bowl, flaring, conical. Open cup-shaped stand.Clay: hard grayish.Glaze: bowl - lustrous blackish-green, pitted; stand - very dark green, more thickly pitted and crackled.Spurs: on bowl, traces of four sandy clay spurs on the glazed footrim.Contains kiln marks. -
Marks
Four kiln marks on bowl. -
Provenance
To 1911Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]From 1911 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto in 1911 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2153, 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
Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)Chinese, Corean and Japanese Potteries (March 2 to 21, 1914) -
Previous custodian or owner
Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Furniture and Furnishing -
On View
Freer Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past -
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