Small jar used as tea caddy, named "Mizai"

Object Details

• Description

  Small jar with sharply angled shoulder, untrimmed base with string-cutting scar.

  Clay: stoneware

  Glaze: iron-rich ash-based glaze,

  Decoration: seven clay bosses (ruiza) on shoulder.

• Inscriptions

  On box lid (F1998.16g) (back): "Seto ruiza chaire/mei mizai/Konnichi [kao] (Sen Soshitsu XV)

  On box lid (F1998.16g) (back): "Seto ruiza chaire/mei mizai/Konnichi [kao] (Sen Soshitsu XV)

• Provenance

  To 1981

  Sen Soshitsu Hounsai, fifteenth iemoto of Urasenke, to 1981 [1]

  From 1981 to 1998

  Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, New York, given by Sen Soshitsu Hounsai in 1981 [2]

  From 1998

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Peggy and Richard M. Danziger in 1998

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 2, Louise Cort, May 5, 1998, in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Storage Boxes and Accessories (June 22, 2003 to January 4, 2004)

  Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Sen Soshitsu XV 十五代千宗室 (born 1923)

  Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

• Origin

  Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Danziger, Peggy and Richard M., Sen, Soshitsu

• Place

  Aichi prefecture, Japan, Seto

• Topic

  Tea, Art, Muromachi period (1333 - 1573), Ivory, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics, Seto ware

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)