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Tea ceremony water jar

Maker unrecorded. 1680-1700. Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from National Museum of Asian Art.

Tea ceremony water jarMaker unrecorded · 1680-1700National Museum of Asian Art · CC0
Image & source
Tea ceremony water jar (mizusashi)

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Tea ceremony water jar

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Maker
Maker unrecorded
Date
1680-1700
Medium
Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs
Collection
National Museum of Asian Art
Accession
F1898.2
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Rights
Public domain · CC0

Public domain · CC0. Unchanged copy of the institution’s verified web image; smaller responsive JPEGs are resized derivatives. Full-resolution image remains linked to the institution. Editorial views may show a detail.

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VesselObject type

A three-dimensional container.

A depiction of a container is a subject, not a vessel object.

National Museum of Asian Art supplies “Vessel” in its object type field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Vessel

Catalogue: National Museum of Asian Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

GoldMaterial

Gold is a material named in the museum catalogue.

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National Museum of Asian Art supplies “Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

Catalogue: National Museum of Asian Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

IronMaterial

Iron is a material named in the museum catalogue.

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National Museum of Asian Art supplies “Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

Catalogue: National Museum of Asian Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

LacquerMaterial

Lacquer is a material named in the museum catalogue.

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National Museum of Asian Art supplies “Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

Catalogue: National Museum of Asian Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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