Tea bowl in Korean style, Karatsu ware
date: label: Date
content: 1600-1620
label: Period
content: Momoyama or Edo period
notes: label: Description
content: Light brown clay, darkened on exposed surface.
label: Description
content: Clear glaze, gray-green and suffused with opalescent blue where thick. Glaze applied by dipping bowl three times, forming irregular outline around foot. Irregular patch of glaze on foot.
label: Description
content: Two gold lacquer repairs on lip and vertical crack.
label: Label
content: According to recent archaeology, Korean potters in the Karatsu region of Japan introduced this type of light-bodied stoneware with clear wood-ash glaze. It was used for tea bowls as well as for dishes, bowls, and other tablewares.
label: Provenance
content: 1898
label: Provenance
content: A.D. Vorce and Co., Hartford, CT, to 1898 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1898 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from A.D. Vorce and Co. 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. 327, 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: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
label: Exhibition History
content: Freer and Tea II: Raku, Hagi, Karatsu (July 8, 2006 to January 1, 2007)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: A. D. Vorce and Co. (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: lacquer
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Agano ware
label: Topic
content: Takatori ware
label: Topic
content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
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: 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: F1898.131
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with wood-ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 8.8 x 15.4 cm (3 7/16 x 6 1/16 in)
label: Style
content: Agano or Takatori ware