Tea ceremony water jar with matching cover

Object Details

• Artist

  False mark of Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-77)

• Description

  Tea ceremony water jar with matching cover (tomobuta mizusashi [Jpn]). Pottery cover.

  Clay: dense, white.

  Glaze: grayish cream, minutely crackled. Somewhat matte.

  Decoration: in over-glaze enamels and gold, and silver (now oxidized).

• Marks

  Ninsei (impressed seal).

• Provenance

  To 1899

  A Steya at Zenkogi (Zenkoji), Japan, to 1899 [1]

  From 1899 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Eida in 1899 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Remark 7, Louise Cort, January 15, 2010, in the object record: "'Zen Kogi' is probably a mistaken writing of Zenkoji, the important temple in Nagano prefecture." See Accession List, Collections Management office. See also, Original Pottery List, L. 274, 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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Kyoto, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Water, Tea, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Stoneware, Kyoto ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Quail

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)