Description
This asymmetrical vessel has designs made by pressing cord or rope onto the damp clay and cylinders of clay applied to the surface. Based on its designs and shape, it was likely produced in the northern Kanto region. For reasons unknown today, different regions created signature styles.
Provenance
Joseph Brotherton [1918–2012], San Francisco, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1991); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1991–)
Accession Number
1991.172
Medium
earthenware with impressed and applied designs
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.); height: 45.7 cm (18 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mr. Joseph Brotherton
