Object Details
Description
Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi) indented sides; irregular mouth, flat base. Black lacquer cover.
Clay: hard, lightweight stoneware; grayish-brown with brown surface.
Glaze: high-fired iron; dark greenish-brown dripping to base over thin brown glaze wash; patches of opaque, whitish glaze on one side.
Provenance
Possibly Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906) [1]
To 1914
William Baumgarten and Company, New York to 1914 [2]
From 1914 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William Baumgarten and Company in 1914 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] See Curatorial Remarks, Louise A. Cort, 1986, in the object record.
[2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2388, 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 Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - September 14, 2025)
Previous custodian or owner
Possibly ex-collection Hayashi Tadamasa 林 忠正? (1853-1906)
William Baumgarten and Company (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1600-1615
Period
Momoyama period
Accession Number
F1914.19a-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stoneware with iron and rice-straw-ash glazes
Dimensions
H x W: 19.7 x 13.6 cm (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 in)
Style
Takatori ware
Origin
Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Takatori ware
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
water
tea
Japan
stoneware
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1914.19a-b