- Provenance
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To 1898
Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]From 1898 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 97, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
[2] See note 1.
[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.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Yamanaka and Co. (C.L. Freer source) 1917-1965
- Description
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a: Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi); b: lacquered wooden lid.
Cylindrical, lacquer cover.
Clay: soft, light brown, stained on base with iron-oxide
Glaze: brilliant yellow, lightly crackled, with green on lip; interior - cream-white, crackled
Decoration: in gray under glaze, green, violet-gray, and red over glaze.
Seal. Eiraku, impressed on base.
- Published References
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- Beatrice Hohenegger. Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea from East to West., 1st ed. New York. p. 220.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
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