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Medium:
Stoneware with rice-straw ash glaze
Dimensions:
H x W: 8.6 x 6.2 cm (3 3/8 x 2 7/16 in)
Style:
Somayama (Otowa) ware
Type:
Container
Origin:
Shiga prefecture, Japan
Date:
1825-1850
Period:
Edo period
Description:
Clay: buff stoneware fired reddish brown.
Glaze: mottled blue-green flowing over brown.
Inscriptions:
Signature incised on base: Seiko [Jpn] and (?) Ei [Jpn].
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
The Idea of China in Japan: The Tea Ceremony in Japan (December 19, 1999 to June 11, 2000)
Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)
Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
dragon  Search this
Somayama (Otawa) ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
incense  Search this
Japan  Search this
stoneware  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1900.21a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
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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/ye3064cdff5-51d1-45da-9706-05b1d37ddba3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1900.21a-b