Karatsu ware tea ceremony water jar

Object Details

• Description

  Water jar (mizusashi), oval shape with unevenly indented sides, recessed base unglazed in center; gold lacquer repairs.

  Clay: medium stoneware fired reddish brown.

  Glaze: transparent slightly milky grey over white slip.

  Decoration: very few grasses painted in underglaze iron.

• Provenance

  To 1902

  Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1902 [1]

  From 1902 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1902 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1211, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture

• Topic

  Water, Tea, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Karatsu ware, E-karatsu type, Stoneware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics, Grasses

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)