Medium:

Stoneware with possible traces of ash glaze

Style:

Sanage ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Sanage kiln group, Aichi prefecture, Japan

Date:

552-850

Period:

Asuka, Nara, or Heian period

Description:

Clay: dark grey stoneware(?).

Glaze: possible trace of ash glaze.

Contains sticker.

Marks:

Small label with kiln site "Sanage" adhered.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Sanage ware  Search this

Asuka period (552 - 710)  Search this

Nara period (645 - 794)  Search this

Heian period (794 - 1185)  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of John A. Pope

Accession Number:

FSC-P-1696

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

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/ye3eee96dd2-9111-4f7a-a173-97808086b571

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-1696