Kyoto ware tea bowl with crane and tortoise decoration

Tea-bowl, inverted bell shape; low foot. Gold lacquer repairs.
Clay: dense, light, gray. Some pink spotting around rim.
Glaze: brilliant; buff with minute fish-roe crackle; band of red-brown tea stain on inside.
Decoration: inlaid in white and black under glaze; cranes, scattered floral and cloud motifs; band of foliate hexagons around rim.

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Historical period(s)
Edo period, early 19th century
Medium
Stoneware with black and white slips inlaid under clear glaze
Style
Kyoto ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 7.9 x 12.1 cm (3 1/8 x 4 3/4 in)
Geography
Japan, Kyoto prefecture, Kyoto
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1901.149
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea bowl

Keywords
crane, Edo period (1615 - 1868), flower, Japan, Kyoto ware, stoneware, tea, tortoise
Provenance

To 1901
Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1901 [1]

From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1901 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1048, 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)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Yamanaka and Co. (C.L. Freer source) 1917-1965

Description

Tea-bowl, inverted bell shape; low foot. Gold lacquer repairs.
Clay: dense, light, gray. Some pink spotting around rim.
Glaze: brilliant; buff with minute fish-roe crackle; band of red-brown tea stain on inside.
Decoration: inlaid in white and black under glaze; cranes, scattered floral and cloud motifs; band of foliate hexagons around rim.

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