Medium:

Stoneware with amber glaze

Style:

Mino ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Ohira kiln group, Ohira, Toki city, Gifu prefecture, Japan

Date:

18th century

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Small vase for Buddhist altar, with elongated neck, broad everted rim (part missing), S-shapted lug on neck (mate missing from opposite side)

Clay: stoneware

Glaze: translucent amber brown iron glaze

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Topic:

Buddhism  Search this

Mino ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. Yokota

Accession Number:

FSC-P-1814

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/ye3140e754d-612f-4b2e-9cf9-0ca3cd2bcd6a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-1814