Object Details
Description
Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi), large, deep, irregularly quadrilateral; four heavy stump feet; corrugated. Lacquer cover.
Clay: hard, dense, sonorous. Brown.
Glaze: clear glaze over white slip. Clear glaze extends over feet. Inside: hatched with radiating lines.
Provenance
To 1901
Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1901 [1]
From 1901 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1901 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1057, 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
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
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
17th century
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1901.155a-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze; lacquered wooden lid
Dimensions
H x W x D (Assembled): 15.9 x 25.7 x 22.8 cm (6 1/4 x 10 1/8 x 9 in)
Style
Hagi ware
Origin
Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
lacquer
ceramic
Hagi ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
water
tea
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1901.155a-b