Vase
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Period
1663-1746 -
Geography
Nishi Mochida kiln, Genryuin kilns, Aira town, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with iron glaze -
Dimension
H x W: 23.5 x 17.5 cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1911.377 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1911.377
Object Details
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Description
Flower-vase, cylindrical; bulbous shoulder.Clay: dense, grayish-white. Reddish-brown on surface.Glaze: dark olive brown, with brilliant black and brown overflow; heavily crinkled surface. Interior unglazed. Donko glaze. -
Provenance
1911Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto 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. 2164, 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 -
Previous custodian or owner
Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Nishi Mochida kiln, Genryuin kilns, Aira town, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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