id:			284731
accession number:	2020.198
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.198
updated:		2025-06-18 11:14:28.150000

Water Jar, 1960. Okabe Mineo (Japanese, 1919–1990). Glazed stoneware (Oribe style); 16.6 x 16.1 x 16.8 cm (6 9/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.198 © Okabe Mineo

title:				Water Jar
title in original language:	水指
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creation date:			1960
creation date earliest:		1960
creation date latest:		1960
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
copyright:			© Okabe Mineo

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culture:	Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)
technique:	glazed stoneware (Oribe style)
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Okabe Mineo (Japanese, 1919–1990)  - artist

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measurements: 16.6 x 16.1 x 16.8 cm (6 9/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's mark incised in the shape of long cross
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	inscription:	Box lid inscription: 織部 水指　嶺男　嶺男（印）
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

	title:		To the River's South in Japanese Painting
	opening date:   2023-12-15T05:00:00
	<i>To the River's South in Japanese Painting</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 15, 2023-June 2, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York, NY, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
	date: ?–2016
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2016–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Nihon Āto Sentā (日本アートセンター) ed., 陶愁－岡部嶺男作品集 [<em>Tōshū: Okabe Mineo sakuhinshū</em> = Ceramic Melancholy: Collected Works of Okabe Mineo]. Tokyo: Shōgakkan, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 52, pl. 61
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	Maske, Andrew L. <em>A Palette for Genius: Japanese Water Jars for the Tea Ceremony: Presented at Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York, Collaboration with Shibuya Kuradatoen Co., Ltd., March 10-April 15, 2016</em>. New York: Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover, back cover (detail), p. 9
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