Recumbent vessel with long neck, 7th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Sue ware; stoneware with natural ash glazeexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.273
On View in Gallery 205expand_more
Molten ash from the wood fire of the kiln pooled on the surface of this jar, creating a pleasing mottled effect on its shoulders and a pattern of drips along part of its irregular, bulging body. Likely intended for storing sake (rice wine), the jar’s body is asymmetrical—it was meant to be placed on its side. Known as a “recumbent vessel,” or yokobe, examples can be found throughout the history of Sue ware.
Details
- Title
- Recumbent vessel with long neck
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.273
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 578
- Curator Approved
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