Gourd-shaped flask with grapevines, early 17th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Mino ware, Shino-Oribe type; stoneware with underglaze iron oxideexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.310
On View in Gallery 221expand_more
Ceramics of the so-called Shino-Oribe style were among the varieties of glazed stoneware produced in the 1600s at kilns in Mino (modern-day Gifu Prefecture). They are characterized by pictorial motifs rendered in an iron-based pigment under a transparent glaze containing feldspar and silica. This flask, featuring a design of grapevines, takes the shape of a calabash gourd— when dried, it can be used as a bottle for holding medicines or liquids, especially sake, the alcoholic beverage made from rice.
Details
- Title
- Gourd-shaped flask with grapevines
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.310
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 642
- Curator Approved
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