Base of small undecorated cup

Object Details

• Provenance

  From 1976-79 to 1985

  Louise Allison Cort, Washington, DC, collected in Chokushi No. 18 kiln site, Shigaraki, Japan between 1976 and 1979. [1]

  From 1985

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Louise Allison Cort, Washington, DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Louise Allison Cort

• Origin

  Chokushi No. 18 kiln site, Shigaraki, Shiga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Louise A. Cort

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1900s, 1860s

• Name

  Cort, Louise Allison

• Place

  Shiga prefecture, Japan, Chokushi No. 18 kiln site, Shigaraki

• Topic

  Art, Stoneware, Shigaraki ware, Japanese Art, Glazed, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)