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Bowl with Fishes Motif

魚文鉢

1959

Ishiguro Munemaro 石黒 宗麿

(Japanese, 1893–1968)

Japan, Shōwa period

(1926–89)

Glazed stoneware

7.1 x 31 cm (2 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.194

Location

003 Special Exhibition Hall

Fun Fact

In 1955, Ishiguro was designated a Living National Treasure for his mastering of <em>tetsugusuri,</em> or iron-glazed ceramics.

Description

Painted with four swimming fish, this bowl was created by one of the most influential Japanese potters of the 1900s. It was made a few years after Ishiguro Munemaro was designated as a Living National Treasure. Each fish faces a different direction, creating a sense of movement and play.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Box cover inscription: 鷓鴣斑魚文鉢　栩庵　重要無形文化財工芸家 石黒宗麿 鉄釉陶芸宗風天目名人　八瀬窯

Inscription Translation

Box cover inscription: Shakohan (or Zheguban, "partridge-feather" mottles in glaze) Bowl with Fishes Motif, Kuan (style name), Intangible Important Cultural Property (Living National Treasure) Designee Craftsman Ishiguro Munemaro, person famous [for his] Song-dynasty style iron-oxide Tenmoku glaze, Yase Kiln

Inscription

Box inscription (observe): 鷓鴣斑魚文 鉢　栩　栩（印）

Inscription Translation

Box inscription (obverse): Shakohan (or Zheguban, "partridge-feather" mottles in glaze) Bowl with Fishes Motif, signed: Ku (of style name Kuan), sealed: Ku (of style name Kuan)

Inscription

Impressed seal on base: 栩

Inscription Translation

Impressed seal on base: Ku (of style name Kuan)

Provenance
?-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
Inui Yoshiaki (乾由明), ed. やきものの美現代日本陶芸全集(Yakimono no bi: gendai Nihon tōgei zenshū [The Beauty of Ceramics: Compendium of Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Arts:]), vol. 5, 石黒宗麿 (Ishiguro Munemaro). Tokyo: Shūeisha, 1982. cat. no. 72
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed. 石黒宗麿展－陶芸の心とわざ(Ishiguro Munemaro ten: tōgei no kokoro to waza [Ishiguro Munemaro Exhibition: The Creative Spirit of his Ceramic Art]). Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1981. p. 5, cat. no. 17
Exhibition history

石黒宗麿展－陶芸の心とわざ(Ishiguro Munemaro ten: tōgei no kokoro to waza [Ishiguro Munemaro Exhibition: The Creative Spirit of his Ceramic Art]). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (organizer). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (March 25–June 7, 1981); Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto (June 20–August 23, 1981); Ishikawa Prefectural Art Museum, Kanazawa (September 5–October 25, 1981).

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.194