Akahada ware teapot for steeped green tea

Object Details

Description: Teapot for sencha (kyusu). Disc cover with finial. Chinese lion (karashishi); Clay: resonant, buff-gray.; Glaze: dark brown, greenish cast. Figures in relief under clear glaze. Iron wash on interior of pot, bottom of lid.; Decorations: Chinese lion (on cover) and dragon on body in relief.; Seal: Akahadayama [CHN], without frame, and Mokuhaku [CHN], in oval frame, impressed on base outside foot.
Marks: Akahadayama [JPN], without frame, and Mokuhaku [JPN], in oval frame, impressed on base outside foot.
Provenance: To 1899; Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1899 [1]; From 1899 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 276, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.; [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.
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History: Tea for...Everyone: Popular Ceramics for Drinking Tea in Japan (March 8 to October 19, 2008)
Previous custodian or owner: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Topic: ceramic; Akahada ware; lion; Edo period (1615 - 1868); tea; Japan; stoneware; Japanese Art; Charles Lang Freer collection

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye343a9d14b-ab44-4e29-ae6e-861596a44755