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Akahada ware water jar by Charles Lang Freer, Yamanaka and Co. — VisualArtsDB

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Akahada ware water jar

Akahada ware water jar

Akahada ware water jar

Charles Lang Freer Yamanaka and Co.

1800

Medium: Stoneware with slip under greenish clear glaze; lacquered wooden lid
Genre: Vessel
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Japanese ArtwaterteaEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionstonewareAkahada ware

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a: Jar, very large, pear-shaped, with bulbous body. b: Black lacquer cover. Hakeme technique.

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