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Tea ceremony water jar, Takatori or Karatsu ware
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Tea ceremony water jar, Takatori or Karatsu ware

1598-1610 · Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze; lacquered wooden lid

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Water jar for the tea ceremony (mizusashi): ovoidal; wide mouth and flat, slightly hollowed base. Lacquer cover. Lacquer repairs on rim.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Credit lineTea ceremony water jar, Takatori or Karatsu ware. 1598-1610. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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