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Collection Online as of May 8, 2026

This bulbous stoneware vessel narrows into a double-ringed neck before opening into a wide, flared rim that tilts slightly downward. A glossy, olive-brown glaze pools across the shoulder, dripping in thick streaks over a dark surface etched with cross-hatched patterns. Combed wavy lines circle the neck, contrasting the vessel's rugged, earthy lower half with the smooth, lustrous finish of the glaze.

Jar with Combed Design

400s–500s CE

Japan, Kofun period

(300–710 CE)
stoneware with natural ash glaze, impressed and tooled patterns (Sue ware)
Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); Overall: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.); Diameter of rim: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Shigehiko Yanagi 1991.124
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1991
    Shigekko Yanagi, Kyoto, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1991–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79. Mentioned: p. 79, no. 427 www.jstor.org
    Hewitt, Mark, Nancy Sweezy, and Jason Dowdle. The Potter's Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery. Chapel Hill: Published for the North Carolina Museum of Art by the University of North Carolina Press, 2005. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 33, pp. 86–87
  • The Potter's Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (organizer) (October 30, 2005-March 19, 2006).
    Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121). The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 22, 2002-July 13, 2004).
    Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 3, 1995).
    Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.124