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Tea-leaf jar for sencha, with matching lid, Kyoto-related ware
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Medium:
Stoneware with slip and pigment under clear colorless glaze, enamels over glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 9.1 × 7.5 cm (3 9/16 × 2 15/16 in)
Style:
Kyoto-related ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Japan
Date:
19th century
Period:
Edo period or Meiji era
Description:
Clay: dense, gray-white.
Glaze: cream slip under clear glaze, crackles, stained with brown. Interior unglazed.
Decoration: in gray pigment under glaze and in aubergine and green/enamels over glaze. Thatched hut in landscape.
Provenance:
To 1897
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]
From 1897 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 726, 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
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic
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landscape
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Kyoto ware
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Edo period (1615 - 1868)
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Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
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tea
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Japan
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stoneware
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slip
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Japanese Art
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Kyoto-related ware
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Charles Lang Freer collection
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Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1897.91a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b966ce93-ffff-42b7-9fc2-24ae9e8c1936
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1897.91a-b
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