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Jomon-style Vessel

縄文瓶

1968

Okabe Mineo 岡部 嶺男

(Japanese, 1919-1990)

Japan, Shōwa period

(1926-89)

Stoneware with celadon 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

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Box inscription: 翠青瓷縄文瓶　嶺男　嶺男（印）

Inscription Translation

Box inscription: Green Celadon Jōmon [style] Vessel; signed: Mineo; sealed: Mineo

Provenance
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
Citations
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
Exhibition history

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.

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.192