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Tea Jar
Japanese (Satsuma Province)
18th century
Object Place: Satsuma Province
Medium/Technique
Clay; ceramic (Ryumonji-yaki?)
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. .087 D. .060
Credit Line
Bequest of Thomas Allen
Accession Number25.18a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ProvenanceBy the 1870s, Ninagawa Noritane (b. 1835 – d. 1882), Tokyo, Japan; before 1882, probably sold by Ninagawa to Francis Brinkley (b. 1841 – d. 1912), Tokyo; 1886, sold by Brinkley, through Edward Greey (dealer; b. 1835 – d. 1888), New York [see note 1], probably to Thomas Allen (b. 1849 – d. 1924), Boston [see note 2]; 1925, bequest of Thomas Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1925)
NOTES:
[1] The Brinkley collection was exhibited and sold by Edward Greey. Greey lent this object, on Brinkley’s behalf, to the MFA from June until December 1885. See Description of a Collection of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Porcelain, Pottery and Faience made by Captain F. Brinkley (Edward Greey, New York, 1885), cat. no. 168. [2] Objects from the sale were shipped February 9, 1886. Allen was President of the MFA.
NOTES:
[1] The Brinkley collection was exhibited and sold by Edward Greey. Greey lent this object, on Brinkley’s behalf, to the MFA from June until December 1885. See Description of a Collection of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Porcelain, Pottery and Faience made by Captain F. Brinkley (Edward Greey, New York, 1885), cat. no. 168. [2] Objects from the sale were shipped February 9, 1886. Allen was President of the MFA.