Jar in style of Goryeo celadon
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
label: Period
content: Edo period or Meiji era
notes: label: Description
content: Small, ovoidal, with flattened shoulder; low basal ring.
label: Description
content: Clay: hard, dense
label: Description
content: Glaze: brilliant yellowish-gray with splashes of pale green.
label: Description
content: Decoration: incised and inlaid with white; black lines painted - all under glaze.
label: Provenance
content: To 1897
label: Provenance
content: Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York to 1897 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1898 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Dana Collection Sale, American Art Galleries, New York February 24-26, 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. 306, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1. This piece appears to have been object no. 1 in the Dana Collection sale catalogue (according to Curatorial Remark 6, Louise Cort, July 18, 2005, in the object record).
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: Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 16 (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: inlay (process)
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Kyoto ware
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
label: Topic
content: incense
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: stoneware
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Kyoto-related ware
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: F1898.37
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with white slip inlay and black slip under thin celadon glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 5.2 × 8.8 cm (2 1/16 × 3 7/16 in)
label: Style
content: Kyoto or Kyoto-related ware