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Collections

Kaneshige Tōyō
Tea Ceremony Water Jar (Mizusashi)20th century

Not on view
Stoneware lidded vessel with squat lens-shaped body on a flared pedestal foot, cream and rusty red throwing lines fading to near-black at the base, with ash-spotted surface

Kaneshige Tōyō, Tea Ceremony Water Jar (Mizusashi), 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Laura Andreson, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kaneshige Tōyō
Japan, 1896-1967
Title
Tea Ceremony Water Jar (Mizusashi)
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
20th century
Medium
Stoneware, Bizen ware
Dimensions
Height: 8 in. (20.32 cm); Diameter: 8 1/2 in. (20.32 x 21.59 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Laura Andreson
Accession Number
AC1992.227.3
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Laura Andreson Collection: Pottery from Throughout the World. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, 1982.