id:			156114
accession number:	1991.47
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.47
updated:		2025-02-09 04:46:53.501000

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)
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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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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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: Japanese and Korean Art
	opening date:   2011-03-27T00:00:00
	<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (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
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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
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