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Faceted Jar (Tea Ceremony Water Container or Mizusashi)

Jinnai Toru

Artwork Details

Faceted Jar (Tea Ceremony Water Container or Mizusashi)
late 1960s - early 1970s
Jinnai Toru
Bizen style reduction fired dark red/brown heavily grogged body
7 x 6 in. (17.78 x 15.24 cm)
Gift of Ann Holmes
2013/1.308

Description

Physical Description:

A container with a cylinder shaped body and a wide opening, it has a pattern of lines on the outer body. Dark brown coloring. Small series of lines near the top of the bowl that go all the way around. Rest of the bowl has slightly curved beveled edges that go from top ot bottom.

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