Vase

Cylindrical vase.
Clay: dense, grayish. Brown on surface. String-cut base.
Glaze: brilliant black, splashed with gray-green and olive flecked with brown. Donko glaze.

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Historical period(s)
Edo period, 17th-18th century
Medium
Stoneware with iron and ash glazes
Style
Satsuma ware, Ryumonji kilns
Dimensions
H x Diam: 25.4 Ɨ 11.3 cm (10 Ɨ 4 7/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Kagoshima prefecture, Kajiki, Ryumonji kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1902.216
On View Location
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vase

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Ryumonji ware, stoneware
Provenance

To 1902
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1902 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1192, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

Curatorial Remarks, Louise A. Cort, 1986: The List recorded a memorandum from Bunkio Matsuki: "Comes from old family of Kagoshima in Province of Satsuma."

[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
Bunkio Matsuki (C.L. Freer source) 1867-1940

Description

Cylindrical vase.
Clay: dense, grayish. Brown on surface. String-cut base.
Glaze: brilliant black, splashed with gray-green and olive flecked with brown. Donko glaze.

Published References
  • 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. 89, p. 127.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
The Story of the Beautiful
Google Cultural Institute
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