The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Squat, white porcelain, cylindrical vase that narrows at the rim and depicts blue leaves and fruit on the upper half. Streaking blue lines outline clusters of thin leaves, shaded in with a lighter blue. Two circular fruit hang from the leaves with dollops of blue visible against the lighter blue shaded fruit. A solid blue line runs around the rim and base.

Flower Vase with Pomegranate

1960s–85

Kondō Yūzō

(Japanese, 1902–1985)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)
Porcelain with underglaze blue
Diameter: 24.7 cm (9 3/4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 15.3 cm (6 in.); Overall: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Hisako Hatakeyama in memory of her husband Seiji Hatakeyama 1994.129
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Kondō Yūzō was the teacher of Imanishi Masaya, whose jar is also in the CMA collection, 1992.98.

Description

Kondō Yūzō's mature work combined classical East Asian decorative motifs, such as pine, bamboo, and plum, executed with Western-style brushwork on traditional Asian forms. His pomegranates signify fertility and prosperity.
  • ?–1994
    Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1994–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Contemporary Calligraphy and Clay. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7, 2024-June 15, 2025).
  • {{cite web|title=Flower Vase with Pomegranate|url=false|author=Kondō Yūzō|year=1960s–85|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1994.129