Yatsushiro ware tea cup with Korean-style decoration
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Object Details
- Description
- Tea-bowl, small, cylindrical. Repairs of gold lacquer and wax.
- Clay: hard, dense.
- Glaze: thin, dull gray, crackled inside.
- Decoration: inlaid with white paste, under glaze. Inlaid numeral.
- Provenance
- To 1901
- Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1901 [1]
- From 1901 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1901 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
- Notes:
- [1]
- See Pottery List, L. 1011, 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)
- Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)
- Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
- Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1850-1890
- Period
- Edo period or Meiji era
- Accession Number
- F1901.121
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 8.6 x 8.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in)
- Style
- Yatsushiro ware
- Origin
- Yatsushiro, Kumamoto 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
- ceramic
- Yatsushiro ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
- tea
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1901.121
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3dc92c0f1-8cab-4c02-8ffb-fe57a988c0ab
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