Lidded octagonal mizusashi, or water jar, with 'Eight Faces', with its tomobako, and a lacquer lid for use during the tea ceremony, with tomobako

Details

• Title

  Lidded octagonal mizusashi, or water jar, with 'Eight Faces', with its tomobako, and a lacquer lid for use during the tea ceremony, with tomobako

• Artist/maker

  Hatakeyama Kōji (born 1956)

• Associated people

  Hatakeyama Kōji (born 1956) (commissioner)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Toyama prefecture › Takaoka (place of creation)

• Date

  2013

• Material and technique

  bronze jar, cast; interior with gold leaf; lacquer lids; wood tomobakos

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  organic › vegetal › wood

• Technique index

  formed › cast;

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  container › box;

  container › vessel › jar › water-jar › mizusashi

• Dimensions

  tomobako with lid 20.5 x 19 x 19 cm (height x width x depth)
  jar 17.4 cm (height)
  jar 15.1 cm (diameter)
  tomobako with lid 4.1 x 18 x 18 cm (height x width x depth)
  lacquer lid 1 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  7

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 2013.

• Museum location

  refer to individual records

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2013.14

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