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Lidded Sake Jar

青磁酒会壺

1989

Kawase Shinobu 川瀬忍

(Japanese, b. 1950)
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Culture
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)
Medium
Porcelain with blue-green glaze
Measurements
16.5 x 21.6 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2023.17
Copyright
© Kawase Shinobu
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Location
Not on view
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Kawase Shinobu receives a stipend from the Japanese government to help him preserve the techniques he practices for future generations.

Description

Kawase Shinobu comes from a family of potters with more than a century of tradition in engaging with Chinese prototypes. The jar’s name in Japanese, shukaiko, literally “sake gathering jar,” references the shape of containers that first arrived by sea from China carrying rice wine. The jar has a ribbed surface with a lavender-tinted blue-green glaze. The lid is shaped like a lotus leaf.
Lidded jar that widens at the rim and curves narrower at the base, topped with a flat, circular lid that curves slightly down into soft edges occasionally curving up to points. A light blue vessel, touches of a hazy, pale bronze color colors the edges and even, vertical stripes circling the body, appearing most solid on the lid's rim.

Lidded Sake Jar

1989

Kawase Shinobu

(Japanese, b. 1950)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)

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