Tea ceremony water jar

Object Details

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Samuel S. Jack

• Provenance

  To 1984

  Mrs. Samuel S. Jack, La Jolla, California. [1]

  From 1984

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Samuel S. Jack, La Jolla, California. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Antique Porcelain Society of Washington, D.C.

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1910s, 1860s

• Name

  Jack, Samuel S.

• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Arita ware, Imari type, Water, Tea, Porcelain, Art, Japanese Art, Rivers, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)