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Fresh Water Jar (Mizusashi) with Bamboo
(Japan and Korea )
This Mizusashi (water jar) was made for use in the tea ceremony to hold fresh water. Japanese porcelain manufacture, which developed much later than that of China, flourished on the island of Kyushu in the last decades of the 17th century. The family-run Hirado kilns were one of the few to produce innovative wares of the highest quality in the 18th century.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1980-1981 | Hirado Porcelain. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan, Hirado (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 3/16 × L: 6 3/8 × W: 6 in. (18.3 × 16.2 × 15.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.283