water jar with poetic immortals
water jar with poetic immortals
Nationality
Japanese
Creation date
1701-1800
Materials
stoneware with enamels, Kyoto ware
Dimensions
(a) 4 3/8 x 4 5/8 x 4 in. | (b) 1 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (lid)
Credit line
Gift of Charles L. Freer
Accession number
12.135
Collection
Not Currently On View
The figures here are "poetic immortals," the most revered Japanese poets. The jar was created to look like an anthology of poetry, and the vessel might have held water to wash writing brushes.
