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Collection Online as of May 28, 2022

Water Jar

水指

1960

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Okabe Mineo 岡部 嶺男

(Japanese, 1919-1990)

Japan, Shōwa period

(1926–89)

Glazed stoneware (Oribe style)

16.6 x 16.1 x 16.8 cm (6 9/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.198

© Okabe Mineo

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Artist's mark incised in the shape of long cross

Inscription Remark

The mark was incised in the wet clay during manufacture.

Inscription

Box lid inscription: 織部 水指　嶺男　嶺男（印）

Inscription Translation

Oribe Water Jar; signed: Mineo; sealed: Mineo

Provenance
?-2016
(Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York, NY, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
2016–2020
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
2020–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Nihon Āto Sentā (日本アートセンター) ed., 陶愁－岡部嶺男作品集(Tōshū: Okabe Mineo sakuhinshū [Ceramic Melancholy: Collected Works of Okabe Mineo]). Tokyo: Shōgakkan, 2007. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 52, pl. 61
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.198