Tsushima ware tea bowl with brushed-slip decoration
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Period
18th century -
Geography
Tsushima island, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with white slip brushed under clear glaze; gold lacquer repairs -
Dimension
H x Diam: 8.3 × 12.8 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1898.25 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.25
Object Details
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Description
Tea-bowl, ovoidal, with short, everted lip and deep foot.Clay: hard, sonorous, reddish-brown.Glaze: white slip brushed over entire bowl, under transparent glaze. Hakeme technique. -
Provenance
To 1898Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]From 1898 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 546, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.[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. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Tsushima island, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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