Karatsu ware vase, Takeo Karatsu type

Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu kiln group; mishima and kohiki techniques.
Vase. Rounded body, tall cylindrical neck, two vertical loop handles.
Clay: medium stoneware fired brown.
Glaze: transparent, crackled and stained areas.
Decoration: white slip on neck and handles and in incised design on body.

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1650-1699
Medium
Stoneware with white slip under feldspathic glaze
Style
Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type
Dimensions
H x Diam: 22.4 × 19.1 cm (8 13/16 × 7 1/2 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Takeo, Okusano kiln
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1904.22
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vase

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type, stoneware
Provenance

To 1904
V. G. Fischer Art Company, Washington, DC, to 1904 [1]

From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchase, from V. G. Fischer Art Company in 1904 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1283, 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)

V. G. Fischer Art Company (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu kiln group; mishima and kohiki techniques.
Vase. Rounded body, tall cylindrical neck, two vertical loop handles.
Clay: medium stoneware fired brown.
Glaze: transparent, crackled and stained areas.
Decoration: white slip on neck and handles and in incised design on body.

Label

Centuries-old Chinese prototypes are evoked in this large vase shape, which once had a large, dish-shaped mouth. Such vases were used for formal floral displays in alcoves of reception rooms. The combination of the slip coating on the cylindrical neck and paired ornamental handles and the slip inlay on the incised and stamped motifs on the bulbous body, under a clear glaze, creates a striking two-color effect.

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