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Storage Jar
late 1300s–1400s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The red color of this jar comes from iron in the clay. Natural ash glaze settled on the vessel during firing. The rim would have been complete with a slightly flared lip. Around the collar is an incised pattern resembling cypress fences, a common scene in the Japanese landscape. Intended for grain storage, rustic vessels like this one were also prized by tea enthusiasts, who appreciated the uncalculated beauty of the glaze and the asymmetry of these humble vessels.
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Details
- Title: Storage Jar
- Date Created: late 1300s–1400s
- Physical Dimensions: height: 45.7 cm (18 in.); Diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: (Yabumoto Sōshirō, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.18
- Medium: Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Shigaraki ware)
- Fun Fact: This jar was probably made using a coiling method, where coils of clay are stacked atop each other and smoothed to form its structure.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1973.18
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