Mino ware bowl with pedestal foot, Oribe style
date: label: Date
content: 1620-1630
label: Period
content: Edo period
notes: label: Description
content: Light gray clay.
label: Description
content: Underglaze painted decoration in two tones of iron pigment; on inside, blossoming plum branch; on outside, two sprays of leaves.
label: Description
content: Clear glaze, glossy, crackled, and of even thickness; fingerprints in glaze around lower edge of body; foot entirely glazed. Thick dribbles of copper-tinted green ash glaze applied to rim and inside.
label: Description
content: Gold lacquer repairs on rim, body, and foot.
label: Provenance
content: To 1896
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1896 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company 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. 477, 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: Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers (October 15, 2022 - ongoing)
label: Exhibition History
content: Oribe Ware: Color and Pattern in Japanese Ceramics (December 13, 2014 to June 14, 2015)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
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: Yashichida kiln, Ogaya kiln group, Kani city, Gifu prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: lacquer
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Mino ware, Oribe type
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
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
setName: label: On View
content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 09: Freer’s Global Network
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: F1896.88
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with copper-green glaze and iron pigment under clear glaze; gold lacquer repairs
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 8.6 × 14.6 cm (3 3/8 × 5 3/4 in)
label: Style
content: Mino ware, Oribe type