Shigaraki ware tea-leaf storage jar

Object Details

Description: Tea-leaf storage jar, ovoid.; Clay: hard, grayish white; Glaze: brilliant black; deep toned iridescence. Thin iron glaze on interior.
Provenance: To 1898; Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1898 [1]; From 1898 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 298, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.; [2] See note 1.; [3] 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 Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing); The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019); The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016); Tea for...Everyone: Popular Ceramics for Drinking Tea in Japan (March 8 to October 19, 2008); Japanese Art of the Meiji Era (September 20, 1997 to April 26, 1998); The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
Previous custodian or owner: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

On View: Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Related Online Resources: Google Cultural Institute; The Story of the Beautiful
See more items in: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Topic: iridescence; ceramic; Shigaraki ware; Edo period (1615 - 1868); Meiji era (1868 - 1912); tea; Japan; stoneware; Japanese Art; Charles Lang Freer collection

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b9fde5d1-dfa3-46c4-a111-0e53ace36156