Satsuma ware tea bowl
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Creative CommonsAt A Glance
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Period
1640-1660 -
Geography
Hiyamizu kiln, Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with clear, colorless glaze; gold lacquer repairs -
Dimension
H x Diam: 9.8 × 11.8 cm (3 7/8 × 4 5/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1898.3 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.3
Object Details
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Description
Tea-bowl, deep compressed ovoidal; high basal ring with four arch-notches. Gold lacquer repairs.Clay: resonant, grayish.Glaze: glassy iridescent cream, crackled; overflow of pale green and fawn-color. Five spur marks in glaze on inside bottom; five spur marks on footrim. -
Provenance
To 1898Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1898 [1]From 1898 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1898 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 939, 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. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)Golden Seams: The Japanese Art of Mending Ceramics (November 8, 2008 to May 10, 2009) -
Previous custodian or owner
Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Hiyamizu kiln, Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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