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Jōmon Vessel

Jōmon Vessel

1968
(Japanese, 1919–1990)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89)
Stoneware with blue-green glaze
Overall: 27.8 x 26.2 x 27.1 cm (10 15/16 x 10 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.192
© Okabe Mineo
Location: ALOB Asian Lobby

Did You Know?

Throughout his life, Okabe changed his surname three times; born Kanō Mineo, he changed his surname to Katō, after his mother, in 1927 and again to Okabe, after his wife, in 1978.

Description

Okabe Mineo presented his artistic vision in this work though an unexpected combination of materials and their treatment. The vessel features a blue-green glaze, resembling that produced in the Longquan region of China during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). In contrast, its stoneware body evokes earthenware expressions of Japan’s Neolithic period (about 14,000–300 BCE), known as the Jōmon, or “cord-marked” era, after designs found on a subset of its ceramics. Some vessels in Mineo’s Jōmon series have cord marks, while others, such as this one, reference the flamboyant mouths of some Jōmon pots.
  • 1968-2013
    Private collection, Japan
    2013
    (Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley)
    2013-2020
    Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2020-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Kitagawa, Yasunori 北川靖記, ed. Mineo sakuhinshū [嶺男作品集 = Works of Mineo]. Mineo Sakuhinshū Publishing Associates 嶺男作品集刊行会, 1971. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 13
    Kenji Kaneko 金子賢治. Okabe Mineo ten: seiji o kiwameru [岡部嶺男展: 青磁を極める = Okabe Mineo: a retrospective]. [Japan]: NHK Chubu Burenzu, 2007. cat. no. 123
  • Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
    Okabe Mineo ten: seiji o kiwameru [岡部嶺男展: 青磁を極める = Okabe Mineo: a retrospective]. National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan (March 6-May 20, 2007); Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan (June 27-July 10, 2007); Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan (July 14- September 30, 2007); Hagi Uragami Museum, Hagi, Japan; Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan; and Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Japan.
  • {{cite web|title=Jōmon Vessel|url=false|author=Okabe Mineo|year=1968|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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