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Tea bowl in style of Chinese Jizhou ware

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At A Glance

  • Period

    ca. 1889-1899
  • Geography

    Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
  • Material

    Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; silver rim
  • Dimension

    H x Diam: 7.1 × 18.8 cm (2 13/16 × 7 3/8 in)
  • Accession Number

    F1899.33
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1899.33

Object Details

  • Artist

    Inoue Ennen 井上延年 (1842-1914)
  • Description

    Tea-bowl with a deep, flaring form and silver rim.
    Clay: hard, gray.
    Glaze: exterior: lustrous yellow-brown; interior: streams of brown and black (yellow-brown glaze overfired).
    Decoration: outside--rain-drop design in black; inside--five-pointed flower-forms stenciled with glaze.
  • Provenance

    To 1899
    Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1899 [1]
    From 1899 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 422, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Provenance Remarks 1 and 2 in the object record.
    [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
  • Previous custodian or owner

    Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
  • Origin

    Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer
  • Type

    Vessel
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