Jar, with lacquer lid for use as water jar in Japan

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Object Details

Description

Jar, broad ovoidal form; depressed base. Lacquer cover, Japanese, provided for purpose of using piece as tea-ceremony water jar (mizusashi)

Clay: hard, gray; stoneware.

Glaze: body glaze, rich peacock-green, crackled; decorations glazed in aubergine, brownish-yellow and white, now discolored. Crackled and stained. Interior turquoise. Iron wash on foot.

Decoration: floral peony design outlined in relief, filled with colored glazes (as above).

Provenance

Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto [1]

To 1900

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [2]

From 1900 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [3]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

Notes:

[1] According to Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.

[2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 753, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[3] See note 2.

[4] 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

The Tea Ceremony as Melting Pot (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

Untitled Exhibition of Ceramics (March 31, 1994 to March 6, 1995)

Previous custodian or owner

Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

16th century

Period

Ming dynasty

Accession Number

F1900.60a-b

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Vessel

Medium

Stoneware with white slip under enamel glazes; Japanese lacquered wooden lid

Dimensions

H x Diam: 17.4 × 18.2 cm (6 7/8 × 7 3/16 in)

Style

Fahua ware

Origin

China

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

lacquer

ceramic

flower

peony

Fahua ware

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

China

stoneware

Chinese Art

Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d69fbb91-3e5a-4b40-a9bc-722f06ff4716

Record ID

fsg_F1900.60a-b