Large bottle-shaped ornamental object, Raku type ware

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: dense, buff. Raku type clay. Hand formed.

  Glaze: Cream, flushed with pinkish-yellow; crackled. Lead glaze.

  Decoration: in red, cream, brown, yellow, and green over-glazes. Lead-based enamel glazes. Design of "auspicious clouds."

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Raku ware

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)