Medium:

Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze

Style:

Mikawachi ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Kihara kiln group, Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan

Date:

18th-19th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Clay: dark grey stoneware.

Glaze: clear glaze.

Decoration: white slip under glaze (hakeme).

Contains three stickers.

Marks:

One sticker states the kiln name "Kihara".

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

incense  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Mikawachi ware  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. Yokota

Accession Number:

FSC-P-1777

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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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

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