Water jar with design of reeds and water
date: label: Date
content: 1800-1868
label: Period
content: Edo period
notes: label: Description
content: Buff clay. Iron-bearing slip coating upper surface of rim and used to paint three sprays of bamboo on body under glaze. Cream-colored feldspathic glaze, coarsely crackled, finger wiped and brushed decoratively. Foot rim and base unglazed. Seven spur marks (from clay wads) in bottom; six spur marks on base inside foot rim. Inscription, "uebito" (courtier) or "shonin" (high-ranking Buddhist priest), written in ink on base.
label: Inscriptions
content: Inscription, "uebito" (courtier) or "shonin" (high-ranking Buddhist priest), written in ink on base. The ink inscription can be read in two ways, but either reading suggests that the vessel was reserved for special use.
label: Provenance
content: To 1898
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1898 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 38, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Seto kilns, Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: Seto ware
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: iron pigment
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: priest
label: Topic
content: stoneware
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1898.480
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with iron pigment under Shino-type feldspathic glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 23.6 × 27.2 cm (9 5/16 × 10 11/16 in)
label: Style
content: Seto ware, Revival Shino type