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Tea caddy

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At A Glance

  • Period

    1596-1615

  • Geography

    Saga prefecture, Japan

  • Material

    Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze; ivory lid

  • Dimension

    H x W: 6 x 7.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 7/8 in)

  • Accession Number

    F1914.18a-b

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1914.18a-b

Object Details

  • Description

    Tea caddy (chaire) of cylindrical form; tapering in to small foot, unglazed and recessed; ivory cover.
    Clay: medium gray stoneware fired reddish brown.
    Glaze: brown with lavender mottling on one side.
    Decoration: glaze only.

  • Provenance

    Possibly Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906) [1]
    To 1914
    William Baumgarten and Company, New York to 1914 [2]
    From 1914 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William Baumgarten and Company in 1914 [3]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
    Notes:
    [1] See Curatorial Remarks, Louise A. Cort, 1986, in the object record.
    [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2387, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
    [3] See note 2.
    [4] 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

    Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

  • Previous custodian or owner

    Possibly ex-collection Hayashi Tadamasa 林 忠正? (1853-1906)
    William Baumgarten and Company (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

  • Origin

    Saga prefecture, Japan

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer

  • Type

    Vessel

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