Hagi ware serving bowl with arching handle

Shallow bowl with arching handle and high foot with two notches.
Clay: coarse buff gray stoneware fired reddish.
Glaze: opaque grayish white; crackled; uneven.
Decoration: none.

Historical period(s)
Taisho or Showa era, 1912-1960
Medium
Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze
Style
Hagi ware
Dimensions
H x W: 18 x 21.5 cm (7 1/16 x 8 7/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Yamaguchi prefecture, Hagi
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1968.15
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
Hagi ware, Japan, rice-straw-ash glaze, Showa era (1926 - 1989), stoneware, Taisho era (1912 - 1926)
Provenance

To 1968
N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [1]

From 1968
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

N.V. Hammer, Inc.

Description

Shallow bowl with arching handle and high foot with two notches.
Clay: coarse buff gray stoneware fired reddish.
Glaze: opaque grayish white; crackled; uneven.
Decoration: none.

Published References
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 164.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Whistler's Neighborhood
Google Cultural Institute
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