White stoneware with enamels over clear glaze; wood, metal, and lacquer lid
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 17.9 x 17.3 x 17.4 cm (7 1/16 x 6 13/16 x 6 7/8 in)
Style:
Satsuma ware, Nishiki type
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Date:
1880-1890
Period:
Meiji era
Description:
Water-jar (mizusashi) in form of a well-head, quadrilateral, cypress (sugi) wood cover with nashiji lacquer lining and metal ornaments of crab and bird.
Clay: hard, dense, cream-colored stoneware
Glaze: transparent, finely crackled
Decoration: in pink, light green and pale lavender enamels and gold, over glaze. Chrysanthemums, grasses and vines outside. Peony scroll band at top of inside. Underglaze impression of grasses outside.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)
East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art (February 24 to May 13, 2007)
Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)
Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan (March 19 to October 23, 2005)
Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)
Japanese Art—Autumn Voices (October 14, 1981 to December 16, 1981)
Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)
Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
