id:			284731
accession number:	2020.198
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.198
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:11.142000

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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inscriptions:

	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).

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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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fun fact:
Born in Seto, Aichi prefecture, Okabe was the son of influential potter Katō Tokurō (1897–1985).

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wall description:
This water jar was made to hold the water used in tea gatherings. Okabe Mineo took his inspiration for the lidded vessel from the aesthetics of tea master Furuta Oribe (1544–1615), who initiated the color schemes and sometimes flamboyant designs that characterize the so-called Oribe style.
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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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