Tea bowl, base, fragment

Historical period(s)
Momoyama period, late 16th century
Medium
Stoneware with underfired Black Seto glaze
Style
Mino ware, Black Seto type
Dimensions
W: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in)
Geography
Japan, Gifu prefecture, Tajimi, Mutabora kiln site, Ogaya
Credit Line
Gift of John A. Pope
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-3124
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic
Type

Tea bowl (fragment)

Keywords
Japan, Mino ware, Shino type, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Provenance

To 1972
John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, collected in Mutabora kiln site. [1]

From 1972
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [2]

Notes:

[1] Collected at the kiln site behind the studio and home of potter, Arakawa Toyozo. See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office. See also Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Dr. John Alexander Pope 1906-1982

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