Jug with Oblong Body: Sueki Ware
Unknown Artist
700s
Medium
stoneware, with impressed decoration and natural ash glaze
Dimensions
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Classification
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Klaus F. Naumann in honored memory of Robert P. Bergman
Accession Number
1999.121
About this artwork
The unusual shape of this sturdy vessel derives from two deep bowl forms being joined together at their mouths. An opening was then cut out where the separately formed neck and mouth were attached. This vessel shape came to early Japan from Korea, as did the paddled surface decoration technique.The jug's rich surface tonalities were created by wood ash in the kiln chamber that settled on the vessel during firing. The mottled gray areas indicate where large accumulations of ash adhered to the hot...