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Tea Ceremony Water Jar (Mizusashi)1590-1610

On view: David Geffen GalleriesEarth and Water
Ceramic storage jar with a wide, compressed body, sandy tan glaze, areas of glaze loss, and loose iron-brown brushwork suggesting grass or reeds
Ceramic jar with wide squat body, narrow foot, and open mouth, covered in a crackled off-white glaze with brushed dark brown calligraphic or painterly marks across the shoulder.
Ceramic jar with wide, flattened body, short neck, and foot ring, covered in a crackled off-white glaze with freely brushed dark gray strokes suggesting a flowering branch.
Ceramic jar with wide, rounded body tapering to a small foot ring and narrow mouth, covered in an off-white glaze with loose brushwork depicting grasses or plants in gray-brown iron pigment.

Anonymous, Tea Ceremony Water Jar (Mizusashi), 1590-1610, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Tea Ceremony Water Jar (Mizusashi)
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1590-1610
Period
Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603) or Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
E-Garatsu ware; stoneware with underglaze painting in iron pigment
Dimensions
4 7/8 × 7 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (12.38 × 19.69 × 19.69 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund
Accession Number
M.58.9.9
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art