| schema:description 10 | "digital_description: This flask contained rice wine, or sake. Its wood body was shaped by a lathe before black lacquer was applied to the surface. A red lacquer design of grapevines, an auspicious motif, covers the surface. With their numerous, long-lasting fruits, grapevines traditionally symbolized fertility and longevity in East Asia....(more)" |
| schema:description | "type: Lacquer" |
| schema:description | "wall_description: The grape design painted on these wine flasks reflects the popularity of grapes and wine during the Muromachi period; Japanese Zen clerics enjoyed grapes during this period, and Ichu Tsuzo (1349- 1429) and Saiin Shunsho (1358-1422) wrote poems about their appreciation for other artists’ grape ink paintings. On these wine flasks, the vividly brushed leaves and bunches of grapes suggest that the artisan referred to a particular grape painting....(more)" |
| schema:description | "id: 156116" |
| schema:description | "technique: Black laquered wood with red lacquer" |
| schema:description | "creditline: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mitsuru Tajima" |
| schema:description | "culture: Japan, Muromachi Period (1392-1573)" |
| schema:description | "tombstone: Sake Flask, 1500s. Japan, Muromachi Period (1392-1573). Black laquered wood with red lacquer; diameter: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mitsuru Tajima 1991.47.2...(more)" |
| schema:description | "measurements: Diameter: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); Overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.)" |
| schema:description | "collection: Japanese Art" |
