Freshwater Jar

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Freshwater Jar
Date18th–19th century
MediumCopper alloy with cloisonné decoration
DimensionsOverall (.A,.B): 9 3/4 × 6 3/8 × 6 7/16 in. (24.8 × 16.2 × 16.4 cm)
.A, Jar: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 × 6 7/16 in. (21.3 × 16.2 × 16.4 cm)
.B, Lid: 1 3/8 × 9 in. (3.5 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Friends of Asian Art, Elizabeth S. and Marjorie G. Horning Asian Art Accessions Endowment Fund, Julia Anderson Frankel and Russell M. Frankel, Nanako and Dale Tingleaf, and Walter Graham Arader IV
Object number2017.341.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate Collector; Koichi Yanagi Gallery 2005
Exhibition History"Repeating to Infinity," Koichi Yanagi Oriental Art, New York, September 2005.
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