Freshwater jar in the shape of a bucket with Mishima inlay
Object Details
- Description
- Water-jar, deep quadrilateral; two-loop handles. Lacquer cover. Mishima technique.
- Clay: medium, fired chocolate brown; textile pattern impressed on base.
- Glaze: glossy, celadon tone over gray.
- Decoration: chrysanthemum borders about and below cranes flying among clouds.
- Label
- 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.
- Provenance
- To 1899
- Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1899 [1]
- From 1899 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 84, 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
- Korean Style in Japanese Ceramics (August 23, 2013 to February 9, 2014)
- Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)
- Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1899.6a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with white slip inlay under celadon glaze; lacquered wooden lid
- Dimensions
- 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)
- Style
- Kyoto ware
- Origin
- Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- inlay (process)
- lacquer
- ceramic
- crane
- Kyoto ware
- Yatsushiro ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- water
- chrysanthemum
- Japan
- stoneware
- white slip
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1899.6a-b
