Storage Jar

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Storage Jar

Alternate Title: Tokonameyaki shizenyū ōtsubo
Japan, Aichi prefecture, Kamakura period, circa 1200-1400
Ceramics
Tokoname ware; coil-built stoneware with naturally occuring ash glaze
17 1/4 x 18 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. (43.8 x 46.7 x 46.0 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the Museum Associates, the Frederick R. Weisman Company, Far Eastern Art Council (M.80.77)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Shoichi, Narasaki/ The Zauho Press.  Ceramic Art of the World: Japanese Medieval Period. Shogakukan,  1977.
  • Einzig, Barbara, ed. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1979-June 30, 1981. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1982.
  • Shoichi, Narasaki/ The Zauho Press.  Ceramic Art of the World: Japanese Medieval Period. Shogakukan,  1977.
  • Einzig, Barbara, ed. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1979-June 30, 1981. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1982.
  • Price, Lorna.  Masterpieces from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
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