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Tea bowl, Ki-Irabo type

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At A Glance

  • Period

    early 17th century

  • Geography

    possibly Beopgi-ri kilns, Yangsan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

  • Material

    Stoneware with opaque wood-ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

  • Dimension

    H x W: 6.1 x 12.8 cm (2 3/8 x 5 1/16 in)

  • Accession Number

    F1911.376

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1911.376

Object Details

  • Description

    Tea-bowl, small, flaring, on low foot. Gold lacquer repairs on lip.
    Clay: coarse, hard, reddish. Dark brown on surface.
    Glaze: yellow-brown with olive overflow.
    Decoration: none.

  • Provenance

    To 1911
    Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]
    From 1911 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company in 1911 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2163, pg. 552, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Bought by C.L. Freer from Y. Fujita, Kyoto, while on a trip during 1910-1911 (see Curatorial Remark 1 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

  • Exhibition History

    Korean Tea Bowls for Japan (July 1, 2012 to August 20, 2013)
    Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)
    Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)

  • Previous custodian or owner

    Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

  • Origin

    possibly Beopgi-ri kilns, Yangsan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer

  • Type

    Vessel

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