Blue-and-white jar with pomegranate design / Kondô Yûzô
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1963/2.78
- Title
- Blue-and-white jar with pomegranate design
- Artist
- Kondô Yûzô
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1902 - 1985
- Medium and Support
- Porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kinki (region)
- Kyoto (urban prefecture)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kinki (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Kyoto (urban prefecture)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Dimensions
- 18.6 cm x 16 cm x 16 cm (7 5/16 in. x 6 5/16 in. x 6 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vase
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- It is a medium size porcelain vase with pomegranate design in blue underglaze. The body is round with gentle shoulders; the mouth is wide and the neck is short and slightly inward. It has no foot. The pomegranate fruit and leaves are quickly executed with broad brush around the shoulder and the middle of the body. There is a band of a single line around the mouth and another around near the bottom. There is the artist’s signature “yû” on the eye. There is no foot but unglazed ring around the bottom; the eye is glazed.
- Subject Matter
- Pomegranate is a popular motif in East Asian art, as it blessed with many seeds, represents the wish for numerous progeny and the attainment of sexual maturity by a woman (Reference: Baird, Merrily, Symbols of Japan: Thematic Motifs in Art and Design.)
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- materials
- materials by function
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 651 x 747
- File Size
- 31 KB
- Record
- 1963/2.78
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"Blue-and-white jar with pomegranate design; Kondô Yûzô." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.78/1963_2.78.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
