Takatori ware tea ceremony water jar, Higashi Sarayama kiln
date: label: Date
content: 1850-1868
label: Period
content: Edo period
notes: label: Description
content: Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi [Jpn]); uneven surface spreading slightly toward the base. Black lacquer cover. Base trimmed in dense spiral.
label: Description
content: Clay: fine, fired buffish brown, very thinly potted.
label: Description
content: Glaze: very glossy, mat around top, brown with some blue at edges, over gray
label: Provenance
content: To 1898
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1898 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 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. 77, 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.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
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: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Higashi Sarayama kiln, Fukuoka, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: lacquer
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Takatori ware
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: water
label: Topic
content: tea
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: stoneware
label: Topic
content: brown and black glaze
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
label: Related Online Resources
content: The Story of the Beautiful
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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: F1898.486a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with ash and iron glazes; lacquered wooden lid
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 15.8 × 14.8 cm (6 1/4 × 5 13/16 in)
label: Style
content: Takatori ware