Tea-ceremony water jar (mizusashi) with design of plum branches, Karatsu ware
Object Details
- Description
- Water-jar, ovoid. Black lacquer cover.
- Clay: dense, gray-white.
- Glaze: brilliant cream, finely crackled in dark brown.
- Decoration: in black, under glaze.
- Label
- The motif of blossoming plum branches on this jar was executed by a painter trained in the style practiced by the Kano workshops of professional painters. Kilns sponsored by warrior domains to produce elite wares for use in obligatory gift exchanges favored the Kano-style designs. The iron pigment on pale clay evokes the Chinese-style ink painting on paper, a specialty of Kano artists.
- Provenance
- To 1892
- Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1892 [1]
- From 1892 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1892 [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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Arts of Japan (July 14, 2012 to January 13, 2013)
- Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)
- Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
- Tea Bowls in Bloom: Botanical Decoration on Tea Ceremony Ceramics (February 3 to July 15, 2007)
- Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1946 (May 3, 1946 to October 6, 1947)
- Japanese and Korean Pottery, and Korean Bronze (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Takayanagi Tozo 高柳陶造 (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1750-1850
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1892.27a-c
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with iron pigment under transparent colorless glaze; lacquered wooden lid
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 15.4 × 18.2 cm (6 1/16 × 7 3/16 in)
- Style
- Karatsu ware, Kenjo Karatsu type
- Origin
- Nakazato kiln, Karatsu, Saga prefecture, Japan
- 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
- lacquer
- ceramic
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- water
- tea
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Karatsu ware, Kenjo Karatsu type
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1892.27a-c
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36583cf03-002d-45cb-9c6e-a6ed33bb21ce
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