Karatsu ware tea ceremony water jar, E-Karatsu type
date: label: Date
content: late 16th-early 17th century
label: Period
content: Momoyama period
notes: label: Description
content: Water jar (mizusashi), cylindrical, projecting pseudo-spout, lacquer cover, flat base unglazed.
label: Description
content: Clay: gray stoneware
label: Description
content: Glaze: grayish brown, very fine crackle
label: Description
content: Decoration: grasses boldly painted in iron brown under glaze
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. 83, 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: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
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: Saga prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: lacquer
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Karatsu ware
label: Topic
content: Karatsu ware, E-karatsu type
label: Topic
content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
label: Topic
content: water
label: Topic
content: tea
label: Topic
content: Japan
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: F1898.487a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with iron decoration under feldspathic glaze; lacquered wooden lid
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 15.7 x 17.2 x 17.2 cm (6 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in)
label: Style
content: Karatsu ware, E-Karatsu type