Freshwater jar (mizusashi) with cover

Object Details

• Artist

  Kamei Miraku XV (born 1960)

• Description

  Stoneware water jar with yellow glaze and cylindrical handles, black lacquered wooden cover with ring handle. With inscribed wooden storage box.

• Inscriptions

  Adhesive stickers on underside of jar and lid printed "XV 65"

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Fukuoka, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Bernie and Sue Pucker in honor of Edith and David Simchi-Levi

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  2010s

• Name

  Kamei, Miraku

• Place

  Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, Fukuoka

• Topic

  Rice-straw-ash glaze, Takatori ware, Heisei era (1989 - 2019), Art, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Lacquer, Tea ceremony, Jar, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)