Tea ceremony water jar, Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

Water jar, bulbous lower body, indented side, inturning lip. Lacquer repairs.
Clay: medium stoneware, fired brown.
Glaze: blue and green over white slip. Brown slip on lower body and base.
Decoration: in slip, using fingers and brush.

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Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1640-1670
Medium
Stoneware with white slip under copper-green rice-straw-ash glaze, brown slip; gold lacquer repairs
Style
Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type
Dimensions
H x Diam: 16.7 Ɨ 18.4 cm (6 9/16 Ɨ 7 1/4 in)
Geography
Japan, Saga prefecture, Takeo, Takeo Karatsu kilns
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1899.40
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi)

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type, lacquer repair, stoneware, tea, water
Provenance

1899
Rufus E. Moore, 1899 [1]

From 1899 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore, New York in 1899 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, 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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Rufus E. Moore (C.L. Freer source) 1840-1918
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Water jar, bulbous lower body, indented side, inturning lip. Lacquer repairs.
Clay: medium stoneware, fired brown.
Glaze: blue and green over white slip. Brown slip on lower body and base.
Decoration: in slip, using fingers and brush.

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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