Artist
Unknown Japanese
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)
.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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Exhibition History"Repeating to Infinity," Koichi Yanagi Oriental Art, New York, September 2005.
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