Anto ware gourd-shaped sake bottle with designs of camellia and chrysanthemum
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Period
1780-1868 -
Geography
Mie prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with iron decoration under copper-green lead glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 17.9 × 12 cm (7 1/16 × 4 3/4 in) -
Accession Number
F1902.81 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1902.81
Object Details
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Description
Bottle, double gourd-shaped; low foot.Clay: dense, reddish.Glaze: rich dark green; crackled. Worn.Decoration: in black, under glaze: chrysanthemum-petal collar around neck; major motif of chrysanthemums by a stream; also camellia spray. -
Provenance
To 1902Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]From 1902 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1149, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 8, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, 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
Samuel Colman (1832-1920)American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Mie prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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