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This Hirado ware water jar ("mizusashi") is from the Mikawachi Kilns.

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Document identity
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15756
label
Fresh Water Jar (""Mizusashi"") with Deer under Maple Trees
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Source metadata
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15756
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object
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normalized
title
Fresh Water Jar (""Mizusashi"") with Deer under Maple Trees
description
This Hirado ware water jar ("mizusashi") is from the Mikawachi Kilns.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1870-1890 (Meiji)
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CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
mizusashi
jars, lids
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Hirado ware
inscriptions
[Signature] Dai Nihon Mikawachi sei Imamura Rokuro hitsu; [Translation] Great Japan
Mikawachi [kilns]
painted by Imamura Rokuro
med
porcelain with underglaze blue
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2949
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JPK
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2675
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photo
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