id:			156114
accession number:	1991.47
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.47
updated:		2022-04-21 09:00:55.224000

Sake Flask (pair), 1500s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Black laquered wood with red lacquer; diameter: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1991.47

title:				Sake Flask (pair)
title in original language:	
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573)
technique:	Black laquered wood with red lacquer
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Lacquer
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); Overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Notable Acquisitions
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Notable Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).

	title:		The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art
	opening date:   2011-03-27T00:00:00
	<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 11, 2018-January 7, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Tajima Mitsuru, Tokyo, Japan, ?-1991, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1991
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact: 
The evocative imagery of brushed leaves and bunches of grapes suggest that the artist referred to a particular painting when decorating this vase.

digital description: 
This flask contained rice wine, or sake. Its wood body was shaped by a lathe before black lacquer was applied to the surface. A red lacquer design of grapevines, an auspicious motif, covers the surface. With their numerous, long-lasting fruits, grapevines traditionally symbolized fertility and longevity in East Asia.

wall description: 
The grape design painted on these wine flasks reflects the popularity of grapes and wine during the Muromachi period. Japanese Zen clerics enjoyed grapes during this period, and Ichu Tsuzo (1349–1429) and Saiin Shunsho (1358–1422) wrote poems about their appreciation for other artists’ grape ink paintings. On these wine flasks, the vividly brushed leaves and bunches of grapes suggest that the artisan referred to a particular grape painting.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H., et al. “Notable Acquisitions.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 78, no. 3, 1991, pp. 63–147.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 141
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319

	Cunningham, Michael R. <em>The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th-Century Art in Japan</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with the Indiana University Press, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 121
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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: 	Reproduced: pp. 76-77, cat. no. 74a & 74b
	url:		

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