Fresh Water Jar (Mizusashi)
Artist/Culture
Japanese
Dateabout 1750
Mediumglazed stoneware, wood, bamboo
Dimensions15.2 x 18 cm (6 x 7 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954.117
DescriptionWater jar with cover. Light grey ground with very fine crackles and three splotches of dark brown running glaze. Body pinched in. Flat black cover 4 1/2" diameter with handle at center.Label TextThese three ceremony objects are examples of the understated rustic elegance (wabi) favored in tea ceremonies held in humble tea-rooms or huts. Emulating Chinese Jian ware, the ash-glazed temmoku tea bowl has a classic shape and lustrous black-brown glaze which would have served to enhance the beauty of the frothy, opaque green tea.ProvenanceWilder D. Bancroft, Ithaca, N.Y.
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