Satsuma ware tea caddy

Tea caddy (chaire). Gourd shape. Ivory cover.
Clay: dense, light gray, darkened on surface.
Glaze: rich, mingled black, brown, gray-white, gray-green, over thin brown wash. Opaque white glaze applied over black glaze on neck and shoulder. Lower two-thirds of interior unglazed.

Weight by Matsumura Makiko: 159.25 grams.

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 17th century
Medium
Stoneware with rice-straw-ash and iron glazes; ivory lid
Style
Satsuma ware, Old Chosa type
Dimensions
H x Diam: 10.5 × 7.7 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Kagoshima prefecture, Aira county, Tateno kiln group, Uto or Osato kiln
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1901.57a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea caddy (chaire)

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Satsuma ware, Old Chosa type, stoneware, tea
Provenance

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 1901

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 936, 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)

Siegfried Bing (C.L. Freer source) 1838-1905
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Tea caddy (chaire). Gourd shape. Ivory cover.
Clay: dense, light gray, darkened on surface.
Glaze: rich, mingled black, brown, gray-white, gray-green, over thin brown wash. Opaque white glaze applied over black glaze on neck and shoulder. Lower two-thirds of interior unglazed.

Weight by Matsumura Makiko: 159.25 grams.

Published References
  • Matsumura Makiko. Furea gyarari no Satsumayaki [Satsuma Ware in the Freer Gallery]. no. 19, April 9, 2005. pp. 3-8.
  • Robert L. Hobson, Edward S. Morse, Rose Sickler Williams. Chinese, Corean, and Japanese Potteries: Descriptive Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition. Exh. cat. New York, March 2-21, 1914. cat. 3, pp. 115, opp 117.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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