A RARE BLUE AND WHITE WATER JAR AND COVER, MIZUSASHI

17TH CENTURY

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE WATER JAR AND COVER, MIZUSASHI
17TH CENTURY
The deep, slightly tapering sides are reverse-decorated with two registers of lotus scroll separated by a basketweave band, with boys at play amidst the stems of the lower register. The flat cover is decorated with further lotus meander encircling a band of overlapping petals surrounding a cockerel-form handle.
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's New York, 21 March 2002, lot 186.
Imperial Oriental Art, New York, December 2002.

Literature

Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, no. 875.

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Lot Essay

This freshwater jar, or mizusashi, is used in chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony) to supply water for replenishing the teapot and rinsing the tea bowl. As it is of large size and is prominently placed it is designed to blend in with the other utensils.

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