The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Storage Jar

Storage Jar

1400s
Diameter: 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.); Overall: 57.5 cm (22 5/8 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Located in present-day Fukui prefecture northeast of Kyoto, the Echizen kilns produced ceramics with purplish-red skin flecked with white feldspar characteristic of the local clay used in this piece. Around 1700, the warm hue of Echizen wares gained popularity in tea practice, particularly when the vessels exhibited the rugged surface evident here in combination with the dynamic glossy glaze drips.
  • Longhi, Leighton R. Leighton R. Longhi: Forty-Five Years in Asian Art. [New York, N.Y.]: Leighton R. Longhi, 2019. Reproduced: p. 342, fig. 350
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art, "Reeds and Geese: Japanese Art from the Collection of George Gund III" (May 21- September 3 2017)
    Ink Paintings and Ash-Glazed Ceramics: Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).
    CMA, 19 March-28 May, 2000: Ink Painting and Ash-Glazed Ceramics: Medieval Calligraphy, Painting, and Ceramic Art from Japan and Korea, no. 31, 88-90 (repr.)
    CMA, September 19 - December 3, 1995: "Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea," gallery 121, no catalogue
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2015.493