Medium:

Stoneware with ash glaze

Dimensions:

W: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in)

Style:

Arita ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Tenjinmori Kami kiln site, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

Date:

1610-1640

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Dish, fragment of rim and base.

Clay: stoneware. Grey where borkenreddish brown where exposed.

Glaze: green-gray ash glaze. Four spur marks on the bottom. Grit adhesion on the base.

Decoration: none.

Mark: none. Sticker inscribed "Tenjinmori ue."

Marks:

Sticker inscribed "Tenjinmori ue."

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Arita ware  Search this

Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this

Japan  Search this

Japanese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of John A. Pope, 1956

Accession Number:

FSC-P-383

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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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

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye32af5df8f-e41e-4a31-8b0e-352b0cfb87c8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-383