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Medium:
Earthenware with black, white, and clear glazes
Dimensions:
H x W: 5.7 x 4.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in)
Style:
Ohi ware
Type:
Container
Origin:
Ishikawa prefecture, Japan
Date:
19th century
Period:
Edo period or Meiji era
Description:
Incense-box, covered. Seated figure of Tomomachi.
Clay: soft, dense, buff-brown.
Glaze: flesh parts in buff-terra-cotta; figure in white - both crackled and iridescent. Cap in lustrous black.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)
Poetic License: Making Old Worlds New (February 2 to August 4, 2013)
Topic:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Ohi ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this
incense  Search this
Japan  Search this
earthenware  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1900.20a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d4e2f885-e587-4757-8b8a-1f9a2c694461
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1900.20a-b