Image

Description
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.69
- Title
- Shino ware flask-shaped bottle with bamboo design
- Artist
- Takuo Katô
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1917-2005
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with white feldspathic glaze and underglaze painting in iron
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1958
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Period
- Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
- Dimensions
- 21 cm x 20 cm x 10.5 cm (8 1/4 in. x 7 7/8 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Physical Description
- Flask-shaped bottle with short, narrow neck. Bamboo leaves design in brown color is applied on one shoulder toward the bottom. The porous surface of white glaze shows the orange color of the clay. The spout is narrow and has an elevated rim. The foot is short and glazed.
- Subject Matter
- The flask bottle is perhaps intended to be displayed by itself, but not for practical use. The bamboo leaves are painted with quick brushstroke.
- Primary Keywords
- bamboo
- bottle
- ceramics
- flask (bottle)
- Secondary Keywords
- bottles
- bottles by form
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- materials
- materials by origin
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plant material
- vessels
- Rights
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Image Size
- 679 x 699
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Record
- 1963/2.69
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Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
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