Tea ceremony water jar with faceted sides
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Object Details
- Description
- Tea-ceremony water jar with faceted sides (mentori mizusashi [Jpn])
- String-cut base. Black lacquer cover.
- Clay: coarse, light-fawn. Brown surface with coarse quartz inclusions.
- Glaze: dark purplish brown; overflow of brilliant blue-green. Both enamel glazes.
- Provenance
- To 1903
- Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]
- From 1903 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1903 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1247, 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
- Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers (October 15, 2022 - ongoing)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 19th century
- Period
- Edo period or Meiji era
- Accession Number
- F1903.118a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with enamel glazes; lacquered wooden lid
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 14.8 × 16.4 cm (5 13/16 × 6 7/16 in)
- Style
- Iga ware
- Origin
- Mie prefecture, Japan
- On View
- Freer Gallery 09: Freer’s Global Network
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Iga ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
- water
- tea
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1903.118a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d036c41c-0a7d-4922-b9f9-a360d9c09501
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