Hizen water jar (mizusashi)
Hizen water jar (mizusashi)

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion
Princeton Collects

Hizen water jar (mizusashi),

14th–16th century

Japanese
Muromachi period, 1333–1568 | Momoyama period, 1573–1615
2024-419 a-b

Information

Title
Hizen water jar (mizusashi)
Dates

14th–16th century

Medium
Stoneware with lacquer lid
Dimensions
h. 13 × diam. 13 cm (5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
Object Number
2024-419 a-b
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese, Asian
Period
Momoyama
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
lacquer, stoneware
Subject
jars

1983 – present Collection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
1983 Purchased by Danzigers from Setsu, Tokyo
? Purchased by Setsu from another antique dealer in Tokyo

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