Jar with Thistle

Kondō Yūzō Japanese

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 231

Kondō Yūzō found inspiration in the rich ceramic traditions surrounding Kiyomizu Temple, in his birthplace of Kyoto. He studied first with Hamada Shōji (1894–1978), a leading figure of the mingei (folk art) movement, and then with Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886–1963) at the Kyoto Fine Arts College. The thistle on this jar exemplifies the artist’s painterly, large-scale decorations, which revitalized the genre of blue-and-white porcelain. He was designated a Living National Treasure in 1977.

Jar with Thistle, Kondō Yūzō (Japanese, 1902–1985), Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue, Japan

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