id: 140313 accession number: 1964.273 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.273 updated: 2023-03-10 19:42:51.766000 Pair of Hexagonal Jars, late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type); overall: 26.8 x 18.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.273 title: Pair of Hexagonal Jars title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1600s creation date earliest: 1660 creation date latest: 1699 current location: creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware; Kakiemon type) department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 26.8 x 18.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection opening date: 1990-07-05T04:00:00 The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * St. Louis City Art Museum (10/9–11/15/1970) and Kansas City (12/3/1970-1/3/1971): “200 Years of Japanese Porcelain”
Cleveland Museum of Art (7/5–9/2/1990): “The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection”
Cleveland Museum of Art (February 20 - May 6, 2003): Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)
Cleveland Museum of Art (March 18 - November 17, 2004): Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)
Cleveland Museum of Art (3/27-8/28/2011); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 79 --- PROVENANCE (K. J. Hewett, Ltd., London); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1962. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This kakiemon-type jar with plum design is a product made for the European markets. Here, Japanese kakiemon potters transformed the typical plum, bamboo, and pine motifs into a theme appreciating the plum. The 9th-century Japanese scholar and politician Sugawara Michizane established the plum as a symbol of scholarship. An excellent poet, particularly of Chinese-style poetry, he was also well known for his love of plum blossoms. Later, the plum came to represent tenmangu, a shrine for Sugawara. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 82-83, no. 79 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.273/1964.273_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.273/1964.273_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.273/1964.273_full.tif