Ohi ware tea bowl
date: label: Date
content: late 18th-early 19th century
label: Period
content: Edo period
name: label: Artist
content: Ohi Doan (died 1839)
notes: label: Description
content: Cylindrical tea bowl (tsutsu chawan 筒茶碗). Crinkled surface.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, light-buff. Raku type.
label: Description
content: Glaze: brilliant, golden-brown toned with rich black, splash of light green and yellow. Iridescent. Lead glaze.
label: Marks
content: Seal: "Ohi" [Jpn] in single ring, outside footrim.
label: Provenance
content: To 1897
label: Provenance
content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1897 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1897 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore 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. 390, 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: Previous custodian or owner
content: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (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: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Ohi ware
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
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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: F1897.19a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware with lead glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 10.9 × 10.2 cm (4 5/16 × 4 in)
label: Style
content: Ohi ware