LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Anonymous
Storage JarKamakura period, circa 1200-1400

Not on view
Stoneware storage jar with wide rounded body, short neck, irregular rim, and natural ash glaze with blue-gray drips over a russet and olive surface

Anonymous, Storage Jar, Kamakura period, circa 1200-1400, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Museum Associates, the Frederick R. Weisman Company, Far Eastern Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Storage Jar
Place Made
Japan, Aichi prefecture
Date Made
Kamakura period, circa 1200-1400
Period
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
Medium
Tokoname ware; coil-built stoneware with naturally occuring ash glaze
Dimensions
17 1/4 x 18 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. (43.8 x 46.7 x 46.0 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Museum Associates, the Frederick R. Weisman Company, Far Eastern Art Council
Accession Number
M.80.77
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Price, Lorna. Masterpieces from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
  • Shoichi, Narasaki/ The Zauho Press. Ceramic Art of the World: Japanese Medieval Period. Shogakukan, 1977.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.

Related Unframed

Two Art Histories, One America
Two Art Histories, One America
  • January 21, 2010