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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)

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.198.a

© Okabe Mineo

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Artist's mark incised in the shape of a mountain

Inscription Remark

The mark was incised in the wet clay during manufacture.

Inscription

Box title: Oribe mizusashi 織部 水指

Inscription Translation

Oribe-glazed water jar

Inscription

Signature on box: Mineo 嶺男

Inscription

Seal on box: Mineo 嶺男

Provenance
?-2016
(Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. 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
Tōshū: Okabe Mineo sakuhinshū [陶愁 : 岡部嶺男作品集 = Tōshū: Collection of Okabe Mineo Works]. Tōkyō: Shōgakkan, 2007. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 52, pl. 61
Maske, Andrew L. A Palette for Genius: Japanese Water Jars for the Tea Ceremony: Presented at Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York, Collaboration with Shibuya Kuradatoen Co., Ltd., March 10-April 15, 2016. New York: Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., 2016. Reproduced: front cover, back cover (detail), p. 9
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