Storage jar, 15th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Shigaraki ware; stoneware with natural ash glazeexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.324
Not on Viewexpand_more
The town of Shigaraki, southeast of Kyoto, was one of Japan’s great pottery-making centers, producing huge numbers of large storage jars and sturdy mortars (vessels used for grinding seeds and spices). Shigaraki clay contains high levels of sand and the mineral feldspar—imperfections that burst, or “bloom,” in the kiln, giving the surface its characteristic roughness. This jar also has an unusually heavy deposit of natural glaze, the result of wood ash settling on the vessel’s shoulder, liquefying in the heat, and then running down the sides in dramatic, uneven drips.
Details
- Title
- Storage jar
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.324
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 660
- Curator Approved
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