- Provenance
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To 1899
S. Eida, to 1899 [1]From 1899 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Eida in 1899 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 156, 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) and Custodian(s)
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S. Eida (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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Dark gray clay, lustrous dark brown on surface. Large cross-shaped potter's mark incised on body. Natural deposits of ash glaze on shoulder, including large patch of opaque white rice-straw ash, partially flaked off.
- Label
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Unglazed stonewares began to be made in the Tokoname area in the 12th century, and they were shipped to markets throughout Japan. The most important early wares were vats in various sizes, but the kilns also made smaller jars. Unglazed stoneware continued to be a mainstay of the Tokoname kilns until recent decades, although glazed wares and unglazed red wares imitating Chinese I-hsing pottery were also produced.
- Published References
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- Mizuoka Tadanari, Narasaki Shoichi, Seizō Hayashiya. Nihon yakimono shusei. 12 vols., Tokyo, 1980-1982. vol. 2: p. 33, fig. 130.
- Louise Allison Cort. Seto and Mino Ceramics. Washington and Honolulu, 1992. cat. 6, p. 67.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
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