Small bottle with underglaze copper-red decoration (waster, areas of fill)

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1982

  John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington, D.C, gift from the Hirose workshop. [1]

  From 1982 to 1986

  Mrs. John A. Pope, Washington, DC, ownership transferred to Mrs. Pope after the death of her husband, John A. Pope. [2]

  From 1986

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. John A. Pope, Washington DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] According to the object record, John A. Pope received the bottle as a gift from the Hirose workshop. See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

  Annemarie Henle Pope (1907-2001)

• Origin

  Hirose Mukaigama kiln site, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. John Alexander Pope

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Pope, John Alexander, Pope, Annemarie Henle

• Place

  Japan, Hirose Mukaigama kiln site, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Arita ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)