- Provenance
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To 1901
Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris to 1901 [1]From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing, Paris in 1901From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 935, 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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Siegfried Bing (C.L. Freer source) 1838-1905
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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Buff clay, darkened on surface by use. Concave base. Two lugs. White slip extending slightly below clear glaze. Under-glaze iron painted decoration over shoulder and much of body, showing brush strokes; on one side, flying geese and pattern resembling "tie-dyed" textile, painted in reserve; on opposite side, vertical faceting and incising. Potter's mark incised on base: ideogram for "well" (i). Inside unglazed.
- Marking(s)
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Potter's mark incised on the base: ideogram for "well."
- Label
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Production of glazed stoneware ceramics within Kyoto is said to have begun in 1624, when a potter from Seto was brought to the city to set up a workshop. Early Kyoto ceramics imitated popular styles of tea utensils made in Seto and other regional kilns or imported from Korea. This tea caddy, decorated in the style of Oribe ware from Mino, bears on its base an incised mark of the Japanese character for "well." According to later texts, this mark was used by an early Kyoto potter named Soi. Because the printed information about such marks became the basis for nineteenth-century imitations, the date of this and other tea caddies bearing Soi's mark remains uncertain.
- Published References
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- Louise Allison Cort. Seto and Mino Ceramics. Washington and Honolulu, 1992. cat. 62, p. 138.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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