Saggar, fragment

Object Details

• Description

  Fragment of saggar.

  Clay: grey stoneware.

  Glaze: greenish accidental ash glaze outside.

  Decoration: none.

  Mark: none.

• Marks

  Pope mark: "Nakashirakawa" in black grease paint.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Naka Shirakawa kiln site, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of John A. Pope, 1956

• Type

  Tool and Equipment

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• Place

  Naka Shirakawa kiln site, Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Art, Arita ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Tools and equipment