Jar
ca. 1800-1850 (made)
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Fresh water jar of flattened spherical form, brown stoneware, incised with floral and other designs filled in with white slip under a clear glaze.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Stoneware with incised decoration filled with white slip under the glaze |
Brief description | Fresh water jar, stoneware with incised decoration filled with white slip under a clear glaze; Japan, Karatsu ware, Edo period, ca. 1800-1850 |
Physical description | Fresh water jar of flattened spherical form, brown stoneware, incised with floral and other designs filled in with white slip under a clear glaze. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Shichiju sai Niraku saku' incised on base |
Gallery label | FRESH WATER JAR
Stoneware with incised decoration filled with white slip under a clear glaze
Mark Shichiju sai Niraku saku incised on base
Karatsu ware
JAPANESE; c.1800-1850
168-1877(As at 2005) |
Object history | Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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Bibliographic reference | Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18.
Catalogue number 9 |
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Accession number | 168-1877 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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