- Provenance
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To 1900
Kano Oshima, New York to 1900 [1]From 1900 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kano Oshima in 1900 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 831, 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) and Custodian(s)
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Kano Oshima (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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Tea bowl, low, irregular unglazed foot. String-cut foot, center trimmed in spiral.
Clay: dense, resonant, dark reddish-brown on surface.
Glaze: yellowish-gray, crinkled and fissured, underfired ash glaze.
Decoration: in iron, under glaze; irregular band around rim; two simple motifs, each repeated twice, on body.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
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