Tea ceremony water jar

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Period
1615-1630 -
Geography
Mino kilns, Gifu prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with ash and iron glazes -
Dimension
H x Diam: 18.4 × 18.6 cm (7 1/4 × 7 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1893.3a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1893.3a-b
Object Details
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Description
Buff clay; some bloating in bottom. Two strap handles with incised vertical lines and appliqued studs. Three stump feet. Designs of cloud collars on neck, chevrons on body, incised with broad-edged blade. Ash glaze, crackled, greenish where thick; applied in two coats on outside, one coat on inside, wiped off flange and base; irregular trickles of brown iron glaze from rim between handles; six round spur marks in glaze of recessed rim; three small spur marks in bottom. -
Provenance
To 1893Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1893 [1]From 1893 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi, New York in 1893 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 128, 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
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986) -
Previous custodian or owner
Takayanagi Tozo 高柳陶造 (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Mino kilns, Gifu prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America -
Restrictions and Rights
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