Square bottle, 17th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Shōdai ware; stoneware with white glazeexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.328
Not on Viewexpand_more
Tradition holds that Shōdai wares were first made under the direction of the warrior Katō Kiyomasa (1562–1611), who is said to have invited Korean potters to his domain in far western Japan and opened a kiln at the base of Mount Shōtai. Although the veracity of this particular story is undetermined, it is a fact that Korean potters were active in Kyūshū by the end of the sixteenth century, and Shōdai works such as this bottle (probably used as a sake container) do suggest the influence of the Korean ceramic tradition.
Details
- Title
- Square bottle
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.328
- Provenance
- Shirasu Masako
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 666
- Curator Approved
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