Accession Number
1963/2.70

Title
Vase

Artist(s)
Kawai Kanjirô

Object Creation Date
1960-1963

Medium & Support
stoneware with off-white and colored glazes

Dimensions
8 1/4 in x 7 1/16 in x 5 1/2 in (20.96 cm x 17.94 cm x 13.97 cm);9 5/16 in x 8 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in (23.65 cm x 22.54 cm x 20 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Label copy
Kawai Kanjiro ̄
Japan, 1890–1966
Vase
Sho ̄wa period (1926–89)
Early 1960s
Stoneware with off-white and colored glazes
Museum purchase, 1963/2.70
In the 1960s, Kawai Kanjiro ̄, Hamada Sho ̄ji’s
friend and one of the core members of
the Mingei (folk art) movement, created a
group of sculptural pieces with a splatter
application of colorful glazes that recalled
the drip paintings of the American Abstract
Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock (1912–
1956). Even in these experimental works,
however, he stayed true to the principle
of utility—the mantra of the Mingei
movement—by retaining the vessel form.

Subject matter
A vase, perhaps used as decoartion during tea ceremony

Physical Description
Asymmetrical vase with red, black, green, splotches of design on off-white glazed ground.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
vase

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
ceramic ware (visual works)
vases