Title: Freshwater Jar (Mizusashi)
Object type: Freshwater jar (mizusashi)
Date: 1870–80s
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Makuzu Kōzan I (Miyagawa Toranosuke) 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1842–1916
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Stoneware with polychrome overglaze enamels and gold, wood lid, ivory knob (Makuzu ware)
Dimensions: H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); Diam. 6 1/4 in. (5.9 cm)
H. (with cover and finial) 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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