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GeezerVison is showing collections.lacma.org — Anonymous, Storage Jar, Kamakura period, circa 1200-1400

Stoneware storage jar with wide rounded body, short neck, irregular rim, and natural ash glaze with blue-gray drips over a russet and olive surface

Anonymous, Storage Jar, Kamakura period, circa 1200-1400, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Museum Associates, the Frederick R. Weisman Company, Far Eastern Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Storage Jar
Place Made
Japan, Aichi prefecture
Date Made
Kamakura period, circa 1200-1400
Period
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
Medium
Tokoname ware; coil-built stoneware with naturally occuring ash glaze
Dimensions
17 1/4 x 18 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. (43.8 x 46.7 x 46.0 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Museum Associates, the Frederick R. Weisman Company, Far Eastern Art Council
Accession Number
M.80.77
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Price, Lorna. Masterpieces from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
  • Shoichi, Narasaki/ The Zauho Press. Ceramic Art of the World: Japanese Medieval Period. Shogakukan, 1977.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.

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