Wall and base of large vat

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 19th century
Medium
Stoneware with thin iron glaze
Style
Satsuma ware
Dimensions
H: 27 cm (10 5/8 in)
Geography
Japan, Kagoshima prefecture, Miyama (Naeshirogawa), Nankingama kiln site
Credit Line
Gift of Leila Philip
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-3701a-f
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vat (kame) (fragment)

Keywords
brown and black glaze, Edo period (1615 - 1868), glazed, Japan, Satsuma ware, stoneware
Provenance

1986
Leila Philip, collected from below Nankingama kiln site, Naeshirogawa, Japan. [1]

From 1986
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Leila Philip. [2]

Notes:

[1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

[2] See object record.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Leila Philip born 1961

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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