Arita ware covered jar

Object Details

• Description

  Jar of globular form, with cover and small handle on top

  Clay: white porcelain.

  Glaze: transparent.

  Decoration: floral patterns, roundels, and diaper patterns in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels and gold.

• Marks

  Daikon in overglaze red and gold on base.

• Provenance

  To 1962

  Harry C. Nail Jr., Atherton, California. [1]

  From 1962

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Harry C. Nail Jr., Atherton, California. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Summer Whites: Japanese Porcelain (July 1, 1983 to March 15, 1984)

  Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

  Bicentennial Exhibition: Japanese Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

  Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)

  Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Harry C. Nail Jr. (1909-1990)

• Origin

  Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Nail, Harry C.

• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Arita ware, Imari type, Porcelain, Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)