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Jōmon Vessel

縄文瓶

1968

Okabe Mineo 岡部 嶺男

(Japanese, 1919–1990)
Culture
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)
Medium
Stoneware with blue-green glaze
Measurements
Overall: 27.8 x 26.2 x 27.1 cm (10 15/16 x 10 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Weight: 10.9 kg / 24 lbs
Credit Line
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.192
Copyright
© Okabe Mineo
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
ALOB Asian Lobby
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Did You Know?

Throughout his life, Okabe changed his surname three times; born Kanō Mineo, he changed his surname to Katō, after his mother, in 1927 and again to Okabe, after his wife, in 1978.

Description

Okabe Mineo presented his artistic vision in this work though an unexpected combination of materials and their treatment. The vessel features a blue-green glaze, resembling that produced in the Longquan region of China during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). In contrast, its stoneware body evokes earthenware expressions of Japan’s Neolithic period (about 14,000–300 BCE), known as the Jōmon, or “cord-marked” era, after designs found on a subset of its ceramics. Some vessels in Mineo’s Jōmon series have cord marks, while others, such as this one, reference the flamboyant mouths of some Jōmon pots.
Stoneware vessel in a roughly cylindrical shape with an undulating, rock-like texture glazed in blue-green. The vessel pinches in at the center, casting shadows. Fine cracks extends across the glaze, with light occasionally catching on the edges and reflecting white.

Jōmon Vessel

1968

Okabe Mineo

(Japanese, 1919–1990)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)

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