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accession number: 1964.273
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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
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creation date: late 1600s
creation date earliest: 1660
creation date latest: 1699
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creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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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
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 26.8 x 18.6 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
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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).
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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
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PROVENANCE
(K. J. Hewett, Ltd., London); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1962.
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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.
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RELATED WORKS
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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
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