Wine Flask (c. 1300): Art, History and Details
Wine Flask at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1300, Stoneware with ash glaze and underglaze stamped and incised decoration (Seto ware). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Wine Flask (c. 1300) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This wine flask (heishi) was produced in Seto, in present-day Aichi prefecture near the city of Nagoya. Seto ware was made in imitation of Chinese Song dynasty prototypes, and was unique among Japanese ceramics for being glazed at the initial time of its production in the late 1200s. Such wares were later prized for display in tea practice.
Object facts
- Title: Wine Flask
- Date: c. 1300
- Culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: Stoneware with ash glaze and underglaze stamped and incised decoration (Seto ware)
- Dimensions: Diameter: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Overall: 25.3 cm (9 15/16 in.)
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Department: Japanese Art
- Accession number: 1983.22
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
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