Fresh water container (mizusashi) with checkered decoration and lacquered lid
Hamada Shôji
(Japanese, 1894–1978)
about 1960
Medium/TechniqueSalt glazed stoneware with white slip, cobalt blue, iron brown, and incise decoration; lacquer lid with a saltglazed stoneware knob with cobalt blue
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 18.1 x 17.5 cm (7 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Edward A. Studzinski
Accession number2012.75
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance2011, sold by a collector/dealer in Tokyo to Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York; 2012, sold by Joan B. Mirviss to the MFA. (Accession date: March 28, 2012)
16th century
20th century
15th–16th century
1798
1700–25
15th–16th century
15th century
16th–17th century
16th century
15th–16th century
18th century
15th–16th century