Tea ceremony water jar with indented sides

Object Details

Description: Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi) indented sides; irregular mouth, flat base. Black lacquer cover.; Clay: hard, lightweight stoneware; grayish-brown with brown surface.; Glaze: high-fired iron; dark greenish-brown dripping to base over thin brown glaze wash; patches of opaque, whitish glaze on one side.
Provenance: Possibly Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906) [1]; To 1914; William Baumgarten and Company, New York to 1914 [2]; From 1914 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William Baumgarten and Company in 1914 [3]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]; Notes:; [1] See Curatorial Remarks, Louise A. Cort, 1986, in the object record.; [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2388, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.; [3] See note 2.; [4] 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
Exhibition History: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
Previous custodian or owner: Possibly ex-collection Hayashi Tadamasa 林忠正? (1853-1906); William Baumgarten and Company (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

On View: Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Related Online Resources: Google Cultural Institute
See more items in: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Topic: ceramic; Takatori ware; Momoyama period (1573 - 1615); water; tea; Japan; stoneware; Japanese Art; Charles Lang Freer collection

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37c98ecb4-ff54-4d10-82d6-59d095994ff2