Container from Lit Charcoal and Ash Containers
Medium
One from a set of four containers; porcelain with molded design
Dimensions
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Classification
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
Accession Number
2022.181.2
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About this artwork
The box lid for these six-lobed lit charcoal and ash containers, or hiire, identifies them as kōhakuji, another of Yohei III’s translucent cream colors over ivory clay bodies. One might translate the name as “lustrous pearl[–glazed ivory] porcelain.” A hiire was filled with ash with burnt coals at the center so that embers and tobacco ash could be discarded safely during a gathering. Each of the lobes on the containers has a round protrusion set below the rim. The studlike pattern is called ruiz...