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
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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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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
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. 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”<br>Cleveland Museum of Art (7/5–9/2/1990): “The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection”<br>Cleveland Museum of Art (February 20 - May 6, 2003): Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)<br>Cleveland Museum of Art (March 18 - November 17, 2004): Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)<br>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. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 82-83, no. 79
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