Freshwater jar in the shape of a bucket with Mishima inlay
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
label: Period
content: Edo period
notes: label: Description
content: Water-jar, deep quadrilateral; two-loop handles. Lacquer cover. Mishima technique.
label: Description
content: Clay: medium, fired chocolate brown; textile pattern impressed on base.
label: Description
content: Glaze: glossy, celadon tone over gray.
label: Description
content: Decoration: chrysanthemum borders about and below cranes flying among clouds.
label: Label
content: The densely impressed stamps, well filled with slip, show freshly under a cool celadon glaze on this water-jar that would be pleasant for summer use. The stamps are related to Korean models, but they are applied playfully--no two sides of the jar are exactly alike in design. The rustic motif is completed by the shape of the jar, made to resemble a square wooden bucket with rope handles.
label: Provenance
content: To 1899
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1899 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1899 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [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] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 84, 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: Korean Style in Japanese Ceramics (August 23, 2013 to February 9, 2014)
label: Exhibition History
content: Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)
label: Exhibition History
content: Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)
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: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: inlay (process)
label: Topic
content: lacquer
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: crane
label: Topic
content: Kyoto ware
label: Topic
content: Yatsushiro ware
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: water
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content: chrysanthemum
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: stoneware
label: Topic
content: white slip
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: F1899.6a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stoneware with white slip inlay under celadon glaze; lacquered wooden lid
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 16.6 x 14.3 x 14.3 cm (6 9/16 x 5 5/8 x 5 5/8 in)
label: Style
content: Kyoto ware