Tea Storage Jar, Bizen ware

between late 16th and early 17th century

Japanese

Not On View

Image Only Image + Details All Images High Resolution TIFF Metadata

About the Artwork

Please note: This section is empty
Markings

Please note: This section is empty

This section contains information about signatures, inscriptions and/or markings an object may have.
Provenance

Please note: This section is empty

Provenance is a record of an object's ownership. We are continually researching and updating this information to show a more accurate record and to ensure that this object was ethically and legally obtained.

For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:
Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Published References

Please note: This section is empty

We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Catalogue Raisonné

Please note: This section is empty

A catalogue raisonné is an annotated listing of artworks created by an artist across different media.
Credit Line for Reproduction

Please note: This section is empty

The credit line includes information about the object, such as the artist, title, date, and medium. Also listed is its ownership, the manner in which it was acquired, and its accession number. This information must be cited alongside the object whenever it is shown or reproduced.

About the Artwork

In Japan the rise of the military class with their passion for rustic simplicity in ceramic wares fueled a boom in the production of high-fired stonewares. The “Six Old Kiln” sites (Bizen, Tamba, Shigaraki, Echizen, Seto, and Tokoname) had long been producing humble wares. As the ruling class patronized the tea ceremony, these kilns were in demand to supply simple wares, which became expressions of the restraint and cultivated appreciation valued in this rite. In this cultural milieu, accidental occurrences during firing, such as deposits of ash, stone bursts, and fire or cord marks, became features that potters deliberately tried to reproduce with great care. By the time this Bizen jar was produced, there was nothing accidental about the fire marks or the well-placed spot of ash glaze on its shoulder.

Title Tea Storage Jar, Bizen ware

Artwork Date between late 16th and early 17th century

Artist ----------

Life Dates ----------

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Japanese

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Japanese

Medium Stoneware with ash glaze

Dimensions Overall: 16 7/8 × 17 inches (42.9 × 43.2 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department Asian Art

Credit Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund and Henry Ford II Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1989.73

Markings

Inscriptions ------

Provenance

(Keiichi Shimojo, Tokyo, Japan)

1989-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:

Provenance page

Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

Suggest Feedback

Published References

Please note: This section is empty

We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

Suggest Feedback

Catalogue Raisoneé

Please note: This section is empty

Credit Line for Reproduction

Japanese, Tea Storage Jar, Bizen ware, between late 16th and early 17th century, stoneware with ash glaze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund and Henry Ford II Fund, 1989.73.