Tea cup (yunomi-jawan)
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Object Details
- Description
- Buff clay, darkened on surface by use. Hand formed. Yellow ash glaze, crackled.
- Provenance
- To 1902
- Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]
- From 1902 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1123, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 10, 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
- Exhibition History
- Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Samuel Colman (1832-1920)
- American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1840-1860
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1902.58
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with ash glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 9.5 × 8.4 cm (3 3/4 × 3 5/16 in)
- Origin
- Owari Tokugawa garden kiln, Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- tea
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1902.58
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fa50c8f0-ed7a-431b-9113-378d4150ae34
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