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Source Description
The orange color of this jar comes from iron in the clay. Natural ash glaze settled on the vessel during firing. Originally intended for grain storage, rustic containers like this one were also prized by tea enthusiasts, who appreciated the uncalculated beauty of the glaze and the asymmetry of these humble objects. They used them to store tea leaves.
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380093
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Large Jar
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380093
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Large Jar
description
The orange color of this jar comes from iron in the clay. Natural ash glaze settled on the vessel during firing. Originally intended for grain storage, rustic containers like this one were also prized by tea enthusiasts, who appreciated the uncalculated beauty of the glaze and the asymmetry of these humble objects. They used them to store tea leaves.
date
1400s
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en
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Q87481593
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Ceramic
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Overall: 43.8 x 38.1 cm (17 1/4 x 15 in.)
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Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
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2020.191
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stoneware with natural ash glaze (Shigaraki ware)
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Large Jar, 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Shigaraki ware); overall: 43.8 x 38.1 cm (17 1/4 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.191
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
Box inscription (front): 「不明」壺
inscription_translation
Box inscription (front): (illegible) Jar
citations
citation
Tsujimura Shirō. "壺中の天 信楽壺名品に見る" (Tsubonaka no ten Shigaraki tsubo meihin ni miru) [Heaven in a Jar, Looking at Masterworks of Shigaraki Jars]. 大壺小壺骨董を楽しむ 26別冊太陽 (Ōtsubo kotsubo, kottō wo tanoshimu 26. Besattsu <em>Taiyō</em>). [Large Jars, Small Jars. Enjoying Antiques, no. 26, <em>The Sun</em>, Supplement]. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1999, 4–21.
page_number
pp. 6–7
citation
Yūraku. 特集 古信楽 M I H O M U S E U M 秋季特別展「信楽−壺の天」より(Tokushū ko-Shigaraki MIHO MUSEUM shūki tokubetsuten, “Shigaraki—Tsubonaka no ten” yori) [From the Miho Museum’s Autumn Special Exhibition, “Shigaraki—Heaven in a Jar”]. 遊楽 (<em>Yūraku</em>) [Yu-raku], no. 73 (July 1999): 8–19.
page_number
p. 11, no. 4
citation
Miho Museum. <em>Shigaraki: tsubonaka no ten </em>[信樂 : 壺中の天 = Ko-Shigaraki: jars from Shigaraki's medieval kilns]. Shiga-ken: Miho Museum, 1999.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 38, p. 45; Mentioned: cat. no. 38, pp. 184 (Japanese) and 238 (English)
citation
Rousmaniere, Nicole Coolidge. "Japanese Ceramics." In <em>The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 230–251. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 230–231; Mentioned: p. 265
citation
"Exhibitions: Transformative Gift." <em>Art & Antiques </em>XLV, no. 10 (November 2022): 48–53.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 52
creditline
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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2026-06-11 12:17:40.888000
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380093
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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stoneware with natural ash glaze (Shigaraki ware)
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