Object Details
Description
Water jar (mizusashi), oval shape with unevenly indented sides, recessed base unglazed in center; gold lacquer repairs.
Clay: medium stoneware fired reddish brown.
Glaze: transparent slightly milky grey over white slip.
Decoration: very few grasses painted in underglaze iron.
Provenance
To 1902
Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1902 [1]
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1902 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1211, 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
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1780-1860
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1902.239a-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under feldspathic glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 16.7 × 17.8 cm (6 9/16 × 7 in)
Style
Karatsu ware, E-Karatsu type
Origin
Saga prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Karatsu ware, E-karatsu type
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
water
tea
grass
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
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Record ID
fsg_F1902.239a-b