Iga ware tea ceremony water jar with faceted sides

Tea-ceremony water jar with faceted sides (mentori mizusashi [Jpn])
String-cut base. Black lacquer cover.
Clay: coarse, light-fawn. Brown surface with coarse quartz inclusions.
Glaze: dark purplish brown; overflow of brilliant blue-green. Both enamel glazes.

Historical period(s)
Edo period or Meiji era, 19th century
Medium
Stoneware with enamel glazes; lacquered wooden lid
Style
Iga ware
Dimensions
H x Diam: 14.8 × 16.4 cm (5 13/16 × 6 7/16 in)
Geography
Japan, Mie prefecture
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1903.118a-b
On View Location
Freer Gallery 09: Freer’s Global Network
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea ceremony water jar (mentori mizusashi)

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Iga ware, Japan, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), stoneware, tea, water
Provenance

To 1903
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]

From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1903 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1247, 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)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Bunkio Matsuki (C.L. Freer source) 1867-1940

Description

Tea-ceremony water jar with faceted sides (mentori mizusashi [Jpn])
String-cut base. Black lacquer cover.
Clay: coarse, light-fawn. Brown surface with coarse quartz inclusions.
Glaze: dark purplish brown; overflow of brilliant blue-green. Both enamel glazes.

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