Object Details
- Artist
- Eiraku Hozen 永楽保全 (1795-1854)
- Description
- a: Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi); b: lacquered wooden lid.
- Cylindrical, lacquer cover.
- Clay: soft, light brown, stained on base with iron-oxide
- Glaze: brilliant yellow, lightly crackled, with green on lip; interior - cream-white, crackled
- Decoration: in gray under glaze, green, violet-gray, and red over glaze.
- Seal. Eiraku, impressed on base.
- Provenance
- To 1898
- Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]
- From 1898 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 97, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
- [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
- Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1827-1843
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1898.489a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Pottery with cobalt pigment under opaque white feldspathic glaze and enamels over glaze; lacquered wooden lid
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 17.8 × 17.9 cm (7 × 7 1/16 in)
- Style
- Kyoto ware
- Origin
- Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- lacquer
- ceramic
- Kyoto ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- water
- tea
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1898.489a-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye392472c4f-cf18-4ea1-8e6a-e2e6586c7c13
