Bottle
Artist
Tatsuzo Shimaoka
CultureJapanese
Date2000
MediumGlazed stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (19.1 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)
InscribedThe cypress box (2001.22.2a-b), made specifically for this bottle, has the artist's chop-mark and an inscription in Japanese on the interior of the lid.
Credit LinePurchase, with funds from the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Decorative Arts Endowment Fund
Object number2001.22.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a glazed neriage stoneware square bottle and a cypress wood storage box with woven straps. It is gas fired, neriage with enamel decoration.ProvenanceShimaoka, in his Mashiko studio, Japan, 2000-2001; Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, with funds from the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Decorative Arts Endowment Fund, 2001. Exhibition History_Tatsuzo Shimaoka: Regis Masters Series_, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Mn., March 2--April 14, 2001; Babcock Galleries, New York, Ny., July 10--August 3, 2001. Published ReferencesEmily Galusha and John Driscoll, _Tatsuzo Shimaoka: Regis Masters Series_, exh. cat., Northern Clay Center and Babcock Galleries, 2001, not paged.
Unknown
10th century-13th century
Pair/Pair