Ewer

18th century

Chinese landscape painting inspired the scene on this Japanese ewer. It evokes an ideal natural environment rather than representing a real scene. This ewer was likely used as a freshwater jar (mizusashi) in the Japanese tea ceremony.

Hard paste porcelain

8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), height

4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm), diameter

Diam.: 10.5 cm

.b H.: 4.1 cm

.b Diam.: 10.3 cm

Seattle Art Museum Purchase Fund

70.11

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

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SAM's Porcelain Room

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Refined Harmony: Decorative Arts from the Edo Period", March 7, 2003 - March 23, 2004

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Published ReferencesFinlay, Robert. "The Pilgrim Art: Cultures of Porcelain in World History". Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2010, illustrated pl. 18

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates. "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2000, p. 94

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