Medium:

Stoneware with yellow ash and copper green glazes

Style:

Mino ware, Oribe type

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

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

Date:

1615-1625

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Small dish with curved sides (part of side missing) carved footrim (part of rim missing).

Clay: stoneware.

Glaze: pale yellow ash glaze covering interior and exterior. Three splashes of copper-green glaze spaced equidistantly around interior near rim.

Three small scars in interior from stacking spurs and scars from vessel stacked above this piece.

Contains three stickers.

Marks:

One sticker says "Oh-hira".

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Topic:

Mino ware, Yellow Seto type  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-1820

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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EDAN-URL:

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