Fragment of vessel wall (sherd)

Stoneware, sandy, medium brown; convex surface unglazed except for lower edge of colorless ash glaze; concave surface glazed with black iron and opaque white rice-straw-ash glazes, mixing unevenly as milky blue.

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Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1614-1624
Medium
Glazed stoneware clay
Style
Takatori ware
Dimensions
H x W (overall): 5.3 x 2.5 cm (2 1/16 x 1 in)
Geography
Japan, Fukuoka prefecture, Nogata, Uchigaso kiln
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Andrew Maske
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-4236
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Vessel (fragment)

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, stoneware, Takatori ware
Provenance

From 1992 to 1993
Andrew Maske, Oxford, England, collected from the field adjacent to the Uchigaso kiln site, Nogata, Japan. [1]

From 1993
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Andrew Maske, Oxford, England. [2]

Notes:

[1] See Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record.

[2] See object record.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Andrew Maske

Description

Stoneware, sandy, medium brown; convex surface unglazed except for lower edge of colorless ash glaze; concave surface glazed with black iron and opaque white rice-straw-ash glazes, mixing unevenly as milky blue.

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