id:			149865
accession number:	1980.11
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.11
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:13.122000

Kettle with Crane Design, 1392–1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Iron; diameter: 30.4 cm (11 15/16 in.); diameter of mouth: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.); with handle: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1980.11

title:				Kettle with Crane Design
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creation date:			1392–1573
creation date earliest:		1392
creation date latest:		1573
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	iron
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 30.4 cm (11 15/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); Overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.); with handle: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

	title:		Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2009-06-27T04:00:00
	<i>Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650) from The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Japan House Gallery, NY (March 19-May 17, 1981).

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PROVENANCE

	(Minoru Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1980
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1980-
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wall description:
Water supplied from a jar such as the fine Shino-ware vessel (1972.9.a-b) was transferred to an iron kettle for boiling as part of the tea ceremony. Former CMA director Sherman Lee described the jagged, broken skirt of this kettle as "attractively damaged," complementing the unobtrusive wispy designs on its rough metal surface. The character of this kettle-worn, coarse, the "perfection" of symmetry destroyed-was cherished by tea masters for its powerful humility.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E, Ursula Korneitchouk, Michael R Cunningham, Ursula Korneitchouk, Cleveland Museum of Art, Japan House Gallery, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.), and Japan House Gallery. <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue</em>. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 60, no. 30
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	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	cat. no. 62
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