Water Jar (Mizusashi) with Pine Trees, 伝尾形乾山 松文水差, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1720, Japan, Stoneware with underglaze iron oxide; lacquer cover, H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Ceramics, Attributed to Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663–1743), This mizusashi is a container that would have been used in the tea ceremony to hold fresh water to rinse the tea bowls or fill the kettle. The potter coated the dark clay ground of this jar in a white slip, providing a light background for painting
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Water Jar, Mizusashi, Pine Trees, 伝尾形乾山 松文水差, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1720, Japan, Stoneware, underglaze iron oxide, lacquer cover, H, 4 1/2, 11.4 cm, Diam, 6, 16.5, Ceramics, Attributed to Ogata Kenzan, Japanese, 1663–1743, mizusashi, container, tea ceremony, hold fresh, water, rinse bowls, fill, kettle, potter coated, dark clay, ground, jar, white slip, providing, light background, painting
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