Shidoro ware tea bowl with indented sides

Low cylindrical tea bowl with indented sides.
Clay: sandy, reddish-brown.
Glaze: dark reddish-brown iron wash, irregularly splashed with olive-yellow and brown.
Two marks: Shidoro, inside rectangular frame, outside footrim to right; second mark illegible.

Historical period(s)
Edo period or Meiji era, 1800-1880
Medium
Stoneware with iron and ash glazes
Style
Shidoro ware
Dimensions
H x Diam (overall): 7.6 x 11 cm (3 x 4 5/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Shizuoka prefecture
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1902.22
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea bowl

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

1902
Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto in 1902 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1096, 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)

Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Low cylindrical tea bowl with indented sides.
Clay: sandy, reddish-brown.
Glaze: dark reddish-brown iron wash, irregularly splashed with olive-yellow and brown.
Two marks: Shidoro, inside rectangular frame, outside footrim to right; second mark illegible.

Marking(s)

1. (From original folder sheet) Two marks: Shidoro [Jap], inside rectangular frame, outside footrim to right; second mark illegible.

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