Fresh Water Container
Maeda Masahiro
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Painted and gilded porcelain; lacquered wood
DATES
ca. 1998
PERIOD
Heisei Period
DIMENSIONS
6 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (17.1 x 15.9 cm)
SIGNATURE
Signed in hiragana on the bottom, framed in a square: "ma"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2014.79a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Annette Juliano-Geneve
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
a: container
b: lacquer cover
High-fired water container (mizusashi) with flower-shaped mouth and painted abstract pattern in blue, brown, black, silver, and gold.The interior is a brilliant blue with a lacquer cover.
Object arrived with a signed storage box.
Inscription on lid of box reads:
'shiki/shoku e kin gin sai wa/rin hana mizu yubi'. This roughly translates to 'coloured picture [with] gold and silver circles [of] flower water fingers'.
Inscription on inside of lid states that the work was made by Maeda Masahiro.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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