Object Details
- Description
- Jar, broad ovoidal form; depressed base. Lacquer cover, Japanese, provided for purpose of using piece as tea-ceremony water jar (mizusashi)
- Clay: hard, gray; stoneware.
- Glaze: body glaze, rich peacock-green, crackled; decorations glazed in aubergine, brownish-yellow and white, now discolored. Crackled and stained. Interior turquoise. Iron wash on foot.
- Decoration: floral peony design outlined in relief, filled with colored glazes (as above).
- Provenance
- Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto [1]
- To 1900
- Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [2]
- From 1900 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] According to Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.
- [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 753, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [3] See note 2.
- [4] 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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Tea Ceremony as Melting Pot (January 31 to July 18, 2004)
- Untitled Exhibition of Ceramics (March 31, 1994 to March 6, 1995)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)
- Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 16th century
- Period
- Ming dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1900.60a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with white slip under enamel glazes; Japanese lacquered wooden lid
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 17.4 × 18.2 cm (6 7/8 × 7 3/16 in)
- Style
- Fahua ware
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- lacquer
- ceramic
- flower
- peony
- Fahua ware
- Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- China
- stoneware
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1900.60a-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d69fbb91-3e5a-4b40-a9bc-722f06ff4716
