Vase on pedestal base

Vase on pedestal base.
One foot chipped.
Clay: dense, gray.
Glaze: mottled ash glaze over iron wash, brilliant grayish-white and blue, crackled.

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Historical period(s)
Edo period or Meiji era, 19th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron and rice-straw-ash glazes
Style
Takatori ware
Dimensions
H x W: 16.8 x 9.1 cm (6 5/8 x 3 9/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Fukuoka prefecture, Nishi Sarayama kiln
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1903.5
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vase

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), stoneware, Takatori ware
Provenance

To 1903
Henry G. Marquand (1819-1902), New York, NY, to 1903 [1]

From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, Henry G. Marquand Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, in New York, January 23, 1903, no. 552 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, No. 1217, 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)

Henry Gurdon Marquand 1819-1902
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
American Art Association (C.L. Freer source) established 1883

Description

Vase on pedestal base.
One foot chipped.
Clay: dense, gray.
Glaze: mottled ash glaze over iron wash, brilliant grayish-white and blue, crackled.

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