Square Bottle with Abstract Design
A member of the influential folk art (mingei) movement in Japan, Kawai traveled with Hamada Shōji throughout Korea in 1936–37 collecting ceramics for the Japan Folk Art Museum.
Artwork Details
- 日本 河井寛次郎 (1890–1966) 花扁壷 (20世紀半ば頃)
- Title: Square Bottle with Abstract Design
- Artist: Kawai Kanjiro (Japanese, 1890–1966)
- Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
- Date: mid-20th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Stoneware with colored glaze and trailed slip
- Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Seymour Fund, 1978
- Object Number: 1978.49.1
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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