Minato ware tea pot
date: label: Date
content: mid-19th century
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Ueda Kichibei (died ca. 1861-64)
notes: label: Description
content: Tea-pot, pear-shaped; disk cover with loop handle attached by chain; three short feet. Thinly potted.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, white.
label: Description
content: Glaze: brilliant olive-green and dark olive-yellow; crackled. Iridescent. Inside: cream, crackled.
label: Description
content: Mark: square seal, “Senshu Sakai; Hon Minato-yaki; Kichibei”
label: Marks
content: Square seal, “Senshu Sakai; Hon Minato-yaki; Kichibei”
label: Marks
content: Square seal, “Senshu Sakai; Hon Minato-yaki; Kichibei”
label: Provenance
content: To 1897
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, New York 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. 178, 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: Tea for...Everyone: Popular Ceramics for Drinking Tea in Japan (March 8 to October 19, 2008)
label: Exhibition History
content: Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)
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: 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: Sakai, Osaka prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: iridescence
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: tea
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: earthenware
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
label: Topic
content: Minato ware
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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: F1897.54
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware with lead glaze; copper chain, copper and rattan handle
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12.6 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in)
label: Style
content: Minato ware