- Provenance
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To 1892
Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1892 [1]From 1892 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1892 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 93, 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.
- Previous Owner(s)
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Takayanagi Tozo (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854 - 1919
- Description
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Bottle (tokkuri 徳利), octagonal, ovoidal.
Clay: hard, white.
Glaze: luminous cream-white; variable brown crackle.
Decoration: in grayish tones, under glaze.
- Label
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The decoration on this bottle is attributed to the artist Kano Tangen, who served as the official painter for the Satsuma domain, where the bottle was made.
- Published References
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- Josephine H. Knapp, Dr. John Alexander Pope, Dr. Esin Atil. The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Oriental Ceramics: the world's great collections, vol. 10 Tokyo. pl. 186.
- Oriental Ceramics (Toyo Toji Taikan): The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. .
- Matsumura Makiko. Furea gyarari no Satsumayaki [Satsuma ware in the Freer Gallery]. no. 19, April 9, 2005. pp. 3-8.
- David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1984. p. 18, fig. 19.
- Thomas Lawton Linda Merrill. Freer: a legacy of art. Washington and New York, 1993. p. 61, fig. 42.
- Impressions: The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America. no. 39 Lexington, MA, 2018. p. 135, p. 138, fig. 3 and 8.
- David Park Curry. Charles Lang Freer and American Art. vol. 118, no. 258, special issue., August 1983. pp. 168-179, fig. 6.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
- The Story of the Beautiful
- Google Cultural Institute
- Rights Statement
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Copyright with museum