Shigaraki ware

(Japan)

Title

Wide mouthed jar [kame]

Other titles:

Shigaraki ware wide-mouthed jar 'kame'

Place of origin

Japan

Period

Muromachi (Ashikaga) period 1392 - 1573 → Japan

Year

16th century

Media category

Ceramic

Materials used

stoneware with natural ash glaze

Dimensions

60.0 x 38.0cm

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Purchased 1985

Accession number

213.1985

Location

Lower Asian gallery

Bibliography (3)

Jackie Menzies and Edmund Capon, Asian Collection Handbook, Art Gallery of New South Wales 1990, 'Japanese Art', pg. 70-82, Domain, 1990, 72 (colour illus.).

Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 'Ceramics', Domain, 2003, 261 (colour illus.).

Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha (Organiser), Shigaraki ten: tsuchi-to honoo no 800 nen 1979, Tokyo, 1979, (illus.) not paginated. cat. no. 60. The exhibition committee consisted of: KAWAHARA Masahiko (Head, Craft Dept., Kyoto National Museum); TSUJI Seimei (Ceramics artist); NARAZAKI Shôichi (Professor, Nagoya University); HAYASHIYA Seizô (Head, Craft Dept., Tokyo National Museum)

Exhibition history (1)

Shigaraki ten: tsuchi-to honoo no 800 nen, Isetan Department Store, Shinjuku-ku, 08 Nov 1979–20 Nov 1979