Storage jar, probably Tamba ware

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Historical period(s)
Edo period or Meiji era, 19th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; metal lid added later for display
Style
Probably Tamba ware
Dimensions
H x W: 16.5 x 16.5 cm (6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in)
Geography
Japan, Hyogo prefecture, Tachikui
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1899.44a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
brown and black glaze, Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), stoneware, Tamba ware
Provenance

To 1899
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1899 [1]

From 1899 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 50, 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.

Previous Owner(s)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Bunkio Matsuki (C.L. Freer source) 1867-1940

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
Rights Statement

Copyright with museum

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