| schema:description 9 | "creditline: John L. Severance Fund" |
| schema:description | "tombstone: Water Container (Mizusashi) with Grasses (lid), late 1500s–early 1600s. Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) to Edo period (1615-1858). Black lacquer; lid: 2.9 x 14.7 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.9.b...(more)" |
| schema:description | "collection: Japanese Art" |
| schema:description | "id: 147073" |
| schema:description | "technique: Black lacquer" |
| schema:description | "measurements: Lid: 2.9 x 14.7 cm (1 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.)" |
| schema:description | "wall_description: <em>Mizusashi </em>are jars used to hold water for the preparation of tea at tea gatherings. This one was <br>produced in the Mino area of present-day Gifu prefecture in central Japan, and is considered one <br>of the finest of its type in existence, based on the complex aesthetic sensibilities developed around the tea ceremony in Japan. It is called a “picture Shino” (<em>e-shino</em>) mizusashi, as it has an abstracted design said to resemble an ink painting of reeds along a river bank and small boats in a river on one side, and a geometric pattern on the other. With its irregular shape and thick, luminous glaze, it is of a variety favored by...(more)" |
| schema:description | "culture: Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) to Edo period (1615-1858)" |
| schema:description | "type: Ceramic" |