Ohi ware shallow tea bowl
date: label: Date
content: 18th-19th century
label: Period
content: Edo period
notes: label: Description
content: Shallow tea bowl (hirajawan [Jpn]). Gold lacquer repair.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, gritty, brownish. Raku type.
label: Description
content: Glaze: deep mahogany red blended with black over dark olive green. Metallic iridescence. Lead glaze, Raku type.
label: Provenance
content: To 1897
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1897 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1897 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [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. 453, 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: Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea (December 9, 2023 - ongoing)
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: Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: iridescence
label: Topic
content: lacquer
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Ohi ware
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: tea
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: red slip
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
setName: label: On View
content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 20a: Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea
label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
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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: F1897.61
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware with amber lead glaze; gold lacquer repair
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 5.5 × 14.3 cm (2 3/16 × 5 5/8 in)
label: Style
content: Ohi ware