Tea bowl
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th century
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Attributed to Kinkozan Sobei workshop
notes: label: Description
content: Tea bowl, ovoidal; low retired foot.
label: Description
content: Clay: fine, hard, gray.
label: Description
content: Glaze: mirror-black, iridescent; brown rim
label: Label
content: This simple bowl, attributed to one of the major workships in the Awataguchi district of eastern Kyoto, examplifies the high standard of workmanship of which Kyoto potters were justly proud. The shape and glaze are based on the classic Chinese Chien ware, or Temmoku, tea bowl. Many large Kyoto temples owned hundreds of such bowls for use in entertaining large groups of guests.
label: Provenance
content: To 1896
label: Provenance
content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1896 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1896 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1896 [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. 383, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
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: Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1946 (May 3, 1946 to October 6, 1947)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Awataguchi, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: iridescence
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Kyoto ware
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: tea
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: stoneware
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
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: F1896.54
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with iron glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 5.9 × 11.8 cm (2 5/16 × 4 5/8 in)
label: Style
content: Kyoto ware