Object Details
- Description
- Tea-bowl, inverted bell shape; low foot. Gold lacquer repairs.
- Clay: dense, light, gray. Some pink spotting around rim.
- Glaze: brilliant; buff with minute fish-roe crackle; band of red-brown tea stain on inside.
- Decoration: inlaid in white and black under glaze; cranes, scattered floral and cloud motifs; band of foliate hexagons around rim.
- Provenance
- To 1901
- Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1901 [1]
- From 1901 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1901 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1048, 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)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- early 19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1901.149
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with black and white slips inlaid under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 7.9 x 12.1 cm (3 1/8 x 4 3/4 in)
- Style
- Kyoto ware
- Origin
- Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- inlay (process)
- ceramic
- crane
- flower
- Kyoto ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- tortoise
- tea
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1901.149
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34de8ee82-91ee-4a16-9768-e9ecca0c09c2
