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And Naturally Ripens into Fruit
Hanging scroll with five large calligraphic kanji characters. The lower right contains further text and orangish read seals. The background brocade on which it is mounted is green and gold and has a floral design. Two strips of other material lie across the top and bottom of the white material on which teh calligraphy is painted. These strips also have a floral design and a light gold/yellow background.
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Scholars in a Thatched Hut Under an Old Tree
The painting has a large tree in the forground, behind which is positioned a small hut which has two figures seated inside. Behind the hut are mountains and a small path disappearing in the distance on the bottom left of the image. 
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Tall narrow-necked bottle with oil spot glaze
Tenmoku ware bottle with 'oilspot glaze',egg shaped base and long, narrow, cylinder neck.
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Hirado ware water jar (mizusashi)
This white porcelain jar has the design of six Chinese sages and an attendant boy with blue underglaze in delicate brushwork. One sage is reading a book, while another is listening. The attendant boy is standing next to the sage with a book. Other four sages are looking at a long hand scroll. Some sages hold staffs on their hands. One sage has a string instrument. The jar has a broad shoulder and an inverted mouth, where the lid is placed. The knob of the lid is in a shape of a reclining boy (unpainted), surrounded by books, hanging scrolls, a cane, and a fan, which are painted with blue underglaze. It also has a shallow foot.
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Raku style gray tea bowl
Deep, thick-walled gray teabowl with intentionally unever lip and body texture that brings out a range of gray tones in the glaze.
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Tea container (natsume)
Cylindrical container with a detachable lid. The container and lid are painted black with black and gold bamboo designs on the exterior and gold splatters on the interior. 
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Tea scoop (chashaku)

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Tea whisks (five)

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Incense Container in the Shape of a Plum Flower
Incense container in the shape of a plum blossom. The container consists of two halves opening horizontally, with the top of the container being very textured with a pattern of ridges. The container is bi-colored, with a whitish gray and reddish orange coloring.
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Incense Container in the Shape of a Plum Flower

Accession Number
2010/1.218

Title
Incense Container in the Shape of a Plum Flower

Artist(s)
Kōyama Kiyoko

Object Creation Date
circa 2000

Medium & Support
stoneware with natural ash glaze

Dimensions
1 11/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in (4.29 cm x 6.03 cm x 6.03 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the artist

Label copy
Recent Acquisitions Part II
March 31-August 5, 2012
Kôyama Kiyoko
Japan, born 1936
Incense container in shape of plum flower
Heisei Period (1989–present)
circa 2000
Stoneware with natural ash glaze
Gift of the artist, 2010/1.218

Subject matter
This is an incense container in the design of a plum (ume) bloosom. The artist, Koyama Kyoko, struggled as a female potter in a trade dominated by male artists. She received recognition when she discovered a way to revive the forgotten techinique of natural ash glazes, which are commonly used in her work.

Physical Description
Incense container in the shape of a plum blossom. The container consists of two halves opening horizontally, with the top of the container being very textured with a pattern of ridges. The container is bi-colored, with a whitish gray and reddish orange coloring.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
incense burner

Collection Area
Asian

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Keywords
ceramic ware (visual works)
ceramics (object genre)
pottery (visual works)
stoneware (pottery)

1 Related Resource
Medicines and Remedies
(Part of: History of Medicine - American Association of Historians of Medicine (AAHM))

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