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Tea ceremony water jar, Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

Asian Art Museum

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    Object Details

    Description

    Water jar, bulbous lower body, indented side, inturning lip. Lacquer repairs.
    Clay: medium stoneware, fired brown.
    Glaze: blue and green over white slip. Brown slip on lower body and base.
    Decoration: in slip, using fingers and brush.

    Provenance

    1899
    Rufus E. Moore, 1899 [1]
    From 1899 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore, New York in 1899 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] See Original Pottery List, 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

    Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

    Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer

    Date

    1640-1670

    Period

    Edo period

    Accession Number

    F1899.40

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    Vessel

    Medium

    Stoneware with white slip under copper-green rice-straw-ash glaze, brown slip; gold lacquer repairs

    Dimensions

    H x Diam: 16.7 × 18.4 cm (6 9/16 × 7 1/4 in)

    Style

    Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

    Origin

    Takeo Karatsu kilns, Takeo, Saga prefecture, Japan

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    National Museum of Asian Art

    Data Source

    National Museum of Asian Art

    Topic

    lacquer
    ceramic
    Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type
    Edo period (1615 - 1868)
    water
    tea
    Japan
    stoneware
    Japanese Art
    lacquer repair
    Charles Lang Freer collection

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye365a163f2-fdb9-4527-8964-275995180914

    Record ID

    fsg_F1899.40

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