Koto ware tea bowl with design of yuzuriha
Terms of Use
Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
mid 19th century -
Geography
Hikone, Shiga prefecture, Japan -
Material
Porcelain with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 6.5 × 12.5 cm (2 9/16 × 4 15/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1901.120 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1901.120
Object Details
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Description
Tea bowl, ovoidal, on short, expanding foot.Clay: hard, sonorous; porcelainGlaze: creamy, tinged with pinkish-tan, over white slip; orange flush on foot where clay is exposedDecoration: painted in Seto cobalt under glaze, bamboo grass (sasa)Seal: Koto [Jpn], inside double oval, impressed outside foot. -
Marks
Koto -
Provenance
To 1901Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1901 [1]From 1901 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Boston in 1901 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]Notes:[1]See Pottery List, L. 1010, 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
Seasons: Tea (February 5 to August 7, 2011)Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963) -
Previous custodian or owner
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Hikone, Shiga prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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