- Provenance
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To 1911
Kita Toranosuke, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kita Toranosuke, Kyoto, in 1911 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2172, 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)
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Kita Toranosuke (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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Sake bottle with faceted sides.
Clay: hard, dense, grayish.
Glaze: brilliant blended cream, pink, gray, and blue; finely crackled; slightly iridescent. Rice-straw ash glaze.
Inscription on base, in ink.
- Inscription(s)
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Inscription on base, in ink.
- Label
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Hagi ware, made at a kiln in southern Japan founded in the early seventeenth century by immigrant Korean potters, is famed for its tea bowls. Hagi potters also made a range of tableware and serving vessels such as this sake bottle. The faceted bottle bears Hagi's trademark milky white glaze, formulated with rice-straw ash.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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