Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615) / early 1600s
Ewer (Suichū)
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Ewer (Suichū) as ceramic (Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615) · early 1600s).
Oribe wares are named for the tea master Furuta Oribe, who initiated the flamboyant designs that characterize them.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this ceramic as Glazed stoneware with iron oxide underglaze slip (Mino ware, Oribe type).
The museum's collection notes: This ewer was made to replenish the jar that holds water for rinsing teabowls and filling the iron kettle at tea gatherings. Highly abstracted pine trees, cascading ivy, stripes, and grids make up the designs in underglaze iron oxide, while the overall surface alternates between a transparent glaze and a green glaze characteristic of some Oribe tea wares.
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