Serving bowl in style of Chinese celadon, probably Shodai ware
date: label: Date
content: 1650-1800
label: Period
content: Edo period
notes: label: Description
content: Clay: dense, gray. Dark brown on surface.
label: Description
content: Glaze: greenish-gray, tinged with brown, crackled; inside: a "pond" of deep transparent green, crackled.
label: Description
content: Decoration: incised in paste. Two floral sprays and vinescroll band, on outside. Underglaze iron band on rim.
label: Provenance
content: To 1897
label: Provenance
content: Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York to 1897 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1898 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Dana Collection Sale, American Art Galleries, New York February 24-26, 1898 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 309, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1. This object appears to have been listed as No. 28 in the Dana Collection sale catalogue (according to Curatorial Remark 12, Louise Cort, July 18, 2005, in the object record).
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: lacquer
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: flower
label: Topic
content: Shodai ware
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: tea
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: stoneware
label: Topic
content: white slip
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: lacquer repair
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1898.40
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with white slip under transparent green glaze; gold lacquer repairs
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 7.6 × 15.1 cm (3 × 5 15/16 in)
label: Style
content: Probably Shodai ware