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early 17th century · Stoneware with iron-oxide and copper green overglaze decoration (Mino ware, Yashichida Oribe type) · Asian Art

These unique vessels (1973.80.1–5,) used to serve kaiseki meal prior to the whipped green tea, were inspired by imported wine glasses. They were formed on the wheel and then molded into four-sided shapes before being decorated with V-like motifs, fern scrolls, crosshatching, and plum blossoms against a white slip ground. The glaze drips and variations of the motifs reveal an appreciation of spontaneity.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 17th century

Medium

Stoneware with iron-oxide and copper green overglaze decoration (Mino ware, Yashichida Oribe type)

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Gift, 1973