Tea cup, fragment

Historical period(s)
Showa era, 1960-1968
Medium
Stoneware with gray-toned clear glaze
Style
Mashiko ware
Dimensions
H x W: 6.1 x 5.5 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Tochigi prefecture, Mashiko town
Credit Line
Gift of Louise A. Cort
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-3366
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea cup (fragment)

Keywords
clear glaze, glazed, Japan, Mashiko ware, Showa era (1926 - 1989), stoneware, tea
Provenance

From 1968 to 1985
Louise Allison Cort, Washington, DC, collected in Mashiko town, 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
Whistler's Neighborhood
Google Cultural Institute
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