Tea bowl, named “Uzumibi” (Buried Ember), unknown Raku ware workshop

Style of Koetsu, Hon’ami (1558-1637)
Tea bowl, named “Uzumibi.”
Clay: resonant, grayish. Raku type.
Glaze: mingled gray-white over rose-pink; gray crackle. Pitted.

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Historical period(s)
Edo period, 19th century
Medium
Raku-type clay with opaque white glaze
Style
Raku ware, unknown workshop
Dimensions
H x W: 9.2 x 12.3 cm (3 5/8 x 4 13/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Kyoto prefecture, Kyoto
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1911.391a-c
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea bowl

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Raku ware, tea
Provenance

To 1911
Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company in 1911 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2178, 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

Style of Koetsu, Hon'ami (1558-1637)
Tea bowl, named "Uzumibi."
Clay: resonant, grayish. Raku type.
Glaze: mingled gray-white over rose-pink; gray crackle. Pitted.

Label

This rounded bowl with glowing pink areas showing beneath the thick, pitted white glaze was aptly named Uzumibi--buried ember. The name is recorded in red lacquer on the dark-lacquered box.

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