Jar

Object Details

• Description

  Jar with sloping shoulder and broad belly; low everted lip with some lacquer repair.

  Clay: coarse brownish gray stoneware, fired reddish at foot.

  Glaze: thick, gray with whitish streaks, all over crackle stained brown. Feldspathic glaze.

  Decoration: none.

• Provenance

  To 1969

  Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, to 1969 [1]

  From 1969

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mayuyama & Co., Ltd. in 1969 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Freer Gallery of Art Accession List and Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. Also, original folder sheet note indicates name of source and location at date of acquisition (see Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Ceramics (June 22, 1982 to September 27, 1982)

  Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)

  Japanese Ceramics (July 15, 1980 to June 21, 1982)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mayuyama & Co., Ltd. (established 1916)

• Origin

  Japan or Korea

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1610s

• Name

  Mayuyama & Co., Ltd.

• Place

  Japan, Korea

• Topic

  Karatsu ware, Art, Buncheong ware, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Clear glaze, Lacquer repair, White slip, Stoneware, Lacquer, Korean Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)