Bizen ware vase / Kaneshige Tôyô
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.7
- Title
- Bizen ware vase
- Artist
- Kaneshige Tôyô
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1896-1967
- Medium and Support
- stoneware
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Chugoku (region)
- Okayama-ken (prefecture)
- Bizen (city)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Chugoku (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Okayama-ken (prefecture)
- Creation Place 5
- Bizen (city)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
- Dimensions
- 25.72 cm x 11 cm x 11 cm (10 1/8 in. x 4 5/16 in. x 4 5/16 in.)
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vase
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- This is a tall, cylindrical vase, slightly bulged at the middle. There are multiple incised lines around the neck and the bottom. The middle part has several vertical incision marks. The bottom is flat. It has a brown body, unglazed, with grayish ash glaze marks.
- Subject Matter
- Bizen wares are often used for tea ceremony. This flower vase would have been placed on the alcove of a tea room.
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- containers
- containers by form
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- events
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 353 x 697
- File Size
- 19 KB
- Record
- 1967/2.7
- Link to this Item
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"Bizen ware vase; Kaneshige Tôyô." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1967-sl-2.7/1967_2.7.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
