The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Storage Jar: Sueki ware
700s
(710–94)
Diameter of mouth: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.); Overall: 49.2 x 50 cm (19 3/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1998.170
Location: not on view
Description
This robust vessel was formed from clay coils that were beaten inside and out with wooden paddles to compress the body walls and merge the coils. In addition, the exterior surface was paddled and scored with carved wooden tools to decorate the body walls. Finally, the vessel was turned on a potter's wheel to attach the neck with a smoothly finished surface. A high firing (approximately 1000°), which culminated with a reduced oxygen phase, produced the dark gray surface tone. Sueki ware ceramics originated in the mid-400s, when Korean potters and kiln builders established clusters of kilns in the modern Osaka area. Other production centers were established in the outlying provinces by the late 500s, providing for the diffusion of this ceramic ware throughout the country into the 1000s. Sueki wares demonstrate ancient Japan's close cultural ties with the Korean peninsula. Similar vessels have been recovered from sites in the southern regions of the Korean peninsula.- ?-1998Eric J. Zetterquist Gallery, New York, NY, ?-1998, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1998-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1998-present
- Cleveland Museum of Art, “New Cleveland Indian Arrives at the CMA,” November 27, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1998.170