Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "140318",
    "label": "Square Jar with Birds and Flowers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "140318",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Square Jar with Birds and Flowers",
    "description": "This lidded square jar was likely paired with a complementary yet nonidentical mate. The pine tree, plum, and bamboo together form the frequently depicted motif known as the Three Friends of Winter (<em>shōchikubai</em>), so named because of their hardy perseverance in the cold. Each side also features a pair of birds, including cranes on one face and pheasants on another.",
    "date": "late 1600s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.277",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80038373"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.277/1964.277_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.277/1964.277_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.277/1964.277_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 27.8 x 11.6 cm (10 15/16 x 4 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)"
    ],
    "accession": "1964.277"
}

{
    "tec": "Porcelain with overglaze color enamels and gold (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)",
    "tombstone": "Square Jar with Birds and Flowers (色絵花鳥文四角壺), late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamels and gold (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type); overall: 27.8 x 11.6 cm (10 15/16 x 4 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.277",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "色絵花鳥文四角壺",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "didYouKnow": "A jar like this was fired at a high temperature, painted with colored enamels, and then fired again at a lower temperature.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.277",
    "creditline": "Severance and Greta Millikin Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:12:35.976000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.277/1964.277_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 140318,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Porcelain with overglaze color enamels and gold (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.277/1964.277_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "2c228f7d7fbefd51"
}