Object Details
- Description
- Cylindrical tea bowl (tsutsu jawan)
- Clay: dense, sonorous, grayish. White clay, stained by ink.
- Glaze: luminous, gray, and bluish-gray, crackled. Clear glaze, stained by ink (sumi).
- Interior of footrim unglazed.
- Provenance
- To 1904
- Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]
- From 1904 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1322, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
- [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
- Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)
- 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
- 17th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1904.323
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with clear, crackled glaze, stained by ink; gold lacquer repairs
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 10.5 × 12.2 cm (4 1/8 × 4 13/16 in)
- Style
- Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type
- Origin
- Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
- On View
- Freer Gallery 07: Japanese Art from the Collection
- 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
- lacquer
- ceramic
- Satsuma ware
- Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- tea
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- lacquer repair
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1904.323
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b90fb7ff-9fac-40e3-ac0d-da1a5adb768b
