Tea cup (sencha chawan), part of a set with teapot, hot water ewer, 5 additional tea cups and original wooden box with lid

Object Details

• Artist

  Saka Koraizaemon X (1890-1958)

• Provenance

  To ?

  Unknown military officer stationed in Japan. [1]

  To 1993

  Andy and Jane Saylor, purchased at a sale of the collection of an unknown military officer stationed in Japan during the Occupation. [2]

  From 1993

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Andy and Jane Saylor. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Made around 1943. Andy Saylor purchased the object at a sale of the collection of a military officer who was in Japan during the Occupation. See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office, and Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See object record.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Andy Saylor

  Mrs. Jane Saylor

• Origin

  Hagi, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Andy and Jane Saylor

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1940s, 1930s

• Name

  Saylor, Andy, Saylor, Jane

• Place

  Japan, Hagi, Yamaguchi prefecture

• Topic

  Tea, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Stoneware, Japanese Art, Hagi ware, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)