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Source Description
The red color of this jar comes from iron in the clay. Natural ash glaze settled on the vessel during firing. The rim would have been complete with a slightly flared lip. Around the collar is an incised pattern resembling cypress fences, a common scene in the Japanese landscape. Intended for grain storage, rustic vessels like this one were also prized by tea enthusiasts, who appreciated the uncalculated beauty of the glaze and the asymmetry of these humble vessels.
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147441
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Storage Jar
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147441
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Storage Jar
description
The red color of this jar comes from iron in the clay. Natural ash glaze settled on the vessel during firing. The rim would have been complete with a slightly flared lip. Around the collar is an incised pattern resembling cypress fences, a common scene in the Japanese landscape. Intended for grain storage, rustic vessels like this one were also prized by tea enthusiasts, who appreciated the uncalculated beauty of the glaze and the asymmetry of these humble vessels.
date
late 1300s–1400s
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en
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Q79926527
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Ceramic
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height: 45.7 cm (18 in.); Diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
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Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
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1973.18
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Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Shigaraki ware)
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Storage Jar (壺), late 1300s–1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Shigaraki ware); height: 45.7 cm (18 in.); diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1973.18
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壺
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Japanese Art
didYouKnow
This jar was probably made using a coiling method, where coils of clay are stacked atop each other and smoothed to form its structure.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Some Japanese Tea Taste Ceramics.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 9 (November 1973): 267–278.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 268–269, fig. 1
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Henning, Edward B. “Planes, Structure, Color, and Content.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 7 (September 1974): 223–239.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 238, fig. 28
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Hauge, Victor, and Takako Hauge. <em>Folk Traditions in Japanese Art</em>. Washington: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 56, pp. 91, 237
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Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and Ursula Korneitchouk. <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue</em>. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 60–61, no. 31
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 139–140, no. 143
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<em>Kiseki no tsuchi: Shigarakiyaki o meguru mittsu no keshiki: Tokubetsuten</em> [奇跡の土: 信楽焼をめぐる三つの景色: 特別展 = Miraculous Clay: Three Ceramic Landscapes Showcase Shigaraki Ware]. Koka: Shiga kenritsu togei no mori, 2020.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 54, cat. no. 56
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Oyobe, Natsu, and Kazuko Todate. <em>Clay as Soft Power: Shigaraki Ware in Postware America and Japan. </em>Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2022.
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Reproduced: p. 30
citation
"Clay as Soft Power." <em>Asian Art: The Newspaper for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries</em> 26, i. 1 (November 2022): 10.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 10
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-06-18 21:17:17.634000
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147441
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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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