Anonymous
Storage JarKamakura period, circa 1200-1400

Not on view

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.