Rectangular serving dish in Gray Shino style
date: label: Date
content: 1800-1880
label: Period
content: Edo period or Meiji era
notes: label: Description
content: Plaque-shaped serving dish (gaku-zara 額皿), quadrilateral with foliated corners; four low loop feet.
label: Description
content: Clay: hard, grayish.
label: Description
content: Glaze: brilliant clear glaze, translucent where thick, over dark, red-brown wash.
label: Description
content: Decoration: painted in reserve with thin iron wash.
label: Provenance
content: To 1896
label: Provenance
content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1896 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1896 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore 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. 239, 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: Sylvan Sounds: Freer, Dewing, and Japan (May 18, 2013 to January 4, 2015)
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: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: heron
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: stoneware
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
label: Topic
content: Mino-style 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: F1896.53
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under clear glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 21.4 x 18.9 x 18.9 cm (8 7/16 x 7 7/16 x 7 7/16 in)
label: Style
content: Mino-style ware, Gray Shino type