The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 2, 2023

Wine Flask

c. 1300

Japan, Kamakura period

(1185-1333)

Stoneware with ash glaze and underglaze stamped and incised decoration (Seto ware)

Diameter: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Overall: 25.3 cm (9 15/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1983.22

Location

not on view

Description

This wine flask (heishi) was produced in Seto, in present-day Aichi prefecture near the city of Nagoya. Seto ware was made in imitation of Chinese Song dynasty prototypes, and was unique among Japanese ceramics for being glazed at the initial time of its production in the late 1200s. Such wares were later prized for display in tea practice.

Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art, "Reeds and Geese: Japanese Art from the Collection of George Gund III" (May 21- September 3 2017)

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 3, 1995).

Reeds and Geese: Japanese Art from the Collection of George Gund III. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 21-September 3, 2017).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.22