Jar

Jar. Wooden plug and brocade cover.
Clay: hard, sonorous, gray.
Glaze: thick stone gray, interrupted by applied glazes of decoration.
Decoration: dragon and clouds, modeled in relief, glazed with green, blue, brown, aubergine, turquoise-blue, gray-green, and cream.

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Historical period(s)
Edo period or Meiji era, mid 19th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron wash and polychrome glazes
Style
Anto or Banko ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 37.4 Ɨ 31 cm (14 3/4 Ɨ 12 3/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Mie prefecture, Tsu
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1906.16a-d
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Jar

Keywords
Anto ware, Banko ware, cloud, dragon, Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), stoneware, tea
Provenance

Ikeda Seisuke, Kyoto, Japan [1]

From at least 1896 to 1906
Colonel Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927), to 1906 [2]

From 1906 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Colonel Frank J. Hecker in 1906 [3]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

Notes:

[1] According to Louise Cort, Col. Hecker bought the jar no later that 1896. Before that the jar had belonged to Ikeda Seisuke, a dealer in Kyoto.

[2] Object file. See also note 1.

[3] See note 2.

[4] 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)

Ikeda Seisuke 1839-1900
Colonel Frank J. Hecker (C.L. Freer source) 1846-1927
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Jar. Wooden plug and brocade cover.
Clay: hard, sonorous, gray.
Glaze: thick stone gray, interrupted by applied glazes of decoration.
Decoration: dragon and clouds, modeled in relief, glazed with green, blue, brown, aubergine, turquoise-blue, gray-green, and cream.

Published References
  • Dr. John Alexander Pope, Thomas Lawton, Harold P. Stern. The Freer Gallery of Art. 2 vols., Washington and Tokyo, 1971-1972. cat. 22, vol. 2: p. 160.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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