Bottle lower wall, fragment

Historical period(s)
Momoyama period, 1590-1610
Medium
Stoneware with iron glaze
Style
Karatsu ware
Dimensions
W: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Imari, Fuji-no-kawachi kiln site
Credit Line
Gift of Louise A. Cort
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-3331
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bottle (fragment)

Keywords
brown and black glaze, glazed, Japan, Karatsu ware, Momoyama period (1573 - 1615), stoneware
Provenance

From 1968 to 1985
Louise Allison Cort, Washington, DC, collected in Fujinokawachi kiln site, Japan. [1]

From 1985
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Louise Allison Cort, Washington, DC [2]

Notes:

[1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Louise Allison Cort

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