Kuro-e Tsubo [Jar Painted in Black]
Artist
Suzuki Osamu
(Japanese, 1926 - 2001)
DateShowa era (1926-1989), c. 1948-1955
Made/manufacturedJapan
MediumStoneware with white slip glaze and black slip
Dimensions14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 24.8 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by The David A. Cofrin Fund for Asian Art and the Robert H. and Kathleen M. Axline Acquisition Endowment
Object number2014.58
Collections
Vessel in a strong, cylindrical form set on a ribbed base with an inward sloping shoulder to the mouth, the sides ornamented in abstract black lines and angles. Of stoneware with thickly applied white slip glaze over which are run thin staccato lines of thickened black slip.
