Yatsushiro ware tea cup with Korean-style decoration
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Period
1850-1890 -
Geography
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 8.6 x 8.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1901.121 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1901.121
Object Details
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Description
Tea-bowl, small, cylindrical. Repairs of gold lacquer and wax.Clay: hard, dense.Glaze: thin, dull gray, crackled inside.Decoration: inlaid with white paste, under glaze. Inlaid numeral. -
Provenance
To 1901Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1901 [1]From 1901 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1901 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]Notes:[1]See Pottery List, L. 1011, 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
Korean Style in Japanese Ceramics (August 23, 2013 to February 9, 2014)Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978) -
Previous custodian or owner
Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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