Flask

Object Details

• Description

  Spherical flask with long neck and two small lugs on shoulder. Fine-grained, light gray clay with minute black flecks. Medallion motifs incised and impressed on both sides. Natural deposits of ash glaze on shoulder.

• Label

  Characteristic of early Sue ware is the way in which several wheel-thrown pieces--two hemispherical bowls and a trumpet-shaped neck--were assembled to construct this piece.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

• Origin

  Nagoya area, Aichi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  600s

• Place

  Aichi prefecture, Japan, Nagoya area

• Topic

  Asuka period (552 - 710), Art, Sue ware, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)