Water Jar (Mizusashi) with Large Handles
Nanban mizusashi were unglazed stoneware vessels that reached Japan in the sixteenth century from Southeast Asia, southern China, the Ryukyu Islands, and elsewhere. They arrived via the trade routes of the “southern barbarians” (Nanban), as the Japanese called Europeans. These imported wares were later repurposed as freshwater jars for tea gatherings. Nonomura Ninsei’s refined later interpretation blends foreign style with Kyoto’s sophisticated sensibility.
Artwork Details
- 伝野々村仁清作 南蛮写耳付水指
- Title:Water Jar (Mizusashi) with Large Handles
- Artist:Nonomura Ninsei (Japanese, active ca. 1646–94)
- Period:Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date:second half 17th century
- Culture:Japan
- Medium:Stoneware with natural ash glaze on the exterior, and a green-white glaze on the interior (Kyoto ware)
- Dimensions:H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); W. incl. handles 9 13/16 in. (24.9 cm)
- Classification:Ceramics
- Credit Line:Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, 2024
- Object Number:2024.553.27a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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