Vase
19th century
Medium
Clay covered with glazes (Kairakuen ware)
Dimensions
H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Diam. of rim 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam. of base 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Classification
Ceramics
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase by subscription, 1879
Accession Number
79.2.978
About the Artist
Eiraku Hozen · 1795–1854
Eiraku Hozen (1795–1854) was a celebrated Japanese ceramic artist and the sixteenth-generation head of the Nishimura family, a Kyoto dynasty of potters whose work was closely associated with the tastes of the imperial court and the refined aesthetic culture of the ancient capital. Operating under the artistic name Eiraku — a name that would become synonymous with a particular style of elegant, tec...