The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Storage Jar

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Brushed with Passion

Program information

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Storage Jar

Period:: Heian period (794–1185)
Date:: 12th century
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Stoneware with ash glaze (Tokoname ware)
Dimensions:: H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm); Diam. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Mary Griggs Burke, 1977
Accession Number:: 1977.261

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