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Artist:
False seal of Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-77)  Search this
Medium:
Stoneware with iron, wood-ash, and rice-straw-ash glazes; lacquered wooden lid
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 15.7 x 13.5 cm (6 3/16 x 5 5/16 in)
Style:
Kyoto ware (false Ninsei seal)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
Date:
19th century
Period:
Edo period or Meiji era
Description:
Tea-ceremony water jar. Black lacquer cover.
Clay: hard, dense, grayish; orange sheen on exposed surface.
Glaze: eccentric mingled splashes of yellow, olive, gray, blue, and bluish-white over red-brown wash.
Mark: Ninsei [Jpn], very large, without frame, stamped on base to left.
Marks:
Ninsei [Jpn], very large, without frame, stamped on base to left.
Provenance:
To 1899
Japanese Trading Company, New York to 1899 [1]
From 1899 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Japanese Trading Company in 1899 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 169, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Japanese Trading Company (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
lacquer  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Kyoto ware  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)  Search this
water  Search this
tea  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:
F1899.101a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye39333f8c2-f453-4fb6-81a5-1f7acca7c37d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1899.101a-b