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Artist:
False signature of Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)  Search this
Medium:
Earthenware with iron pigment and white slip under clear glaze, traces of copper pigment; lacquer lid; wooden stand added by dealer
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 15.6 × 33.1 cm (6 1/8 × 13 1/16 in)
Style:
Raku ware, unknown workshop
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Japan
Date:
19th century
Period:
Edo period or Meiji era
Description:
Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi), lacquer cover, and wooden stand.
Clay: soft, dense, gray-white. Raku type.
Glaze: brilliant deep salmon-pink; splash of rich yellow. Crackled. Red Raku glaze. Glaze fault on interior (refired?)
Decoration: in brown, cream, and green, under glaze; geese and reeds, on exterior and interior.
Seal: "Koetsu," carved onto base in seal script, within rectangular frame.
Marks:
Seal: "Koetsu," carved onto base in seal script, within rectangular frame.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
goose  Search this
Raku ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this
water  Search this
tea  Search this
iron pigment  Search this
Japan  Search this
earthenware  Search this
white slip  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1900.54a-c
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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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/ye31477584a-a81a-4bfb-9faf-a41ea531b504
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1900.54a-c