Sue ware vase with cups on shoulder

3rd-6th century

In the early 400s, new types of tombs and funeral rituals were introduced to western Japan from the Korean peninsula. Over the course of the next century, a tomb with a central chamber holding a variety of ritual objects became common across Japan, requiring new types of vessels that were used during funeral rituals and buried with the deceased.

Sue ware (earthenware) with glaze and incised decoration

17 3/4 in. (45.09 cm)

Girth: 23 3/4 in.

Diam.: 8 in.

Diam. bottom: 7 3/4 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

56.118

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Japanese Art In The Seattle Art Museum", 1960 (1960)

Published ReferencesKawano, Kazutaka, Shigeo Iida, Rui Ichimoto, Shogo Osawa, Masanori Kawano, and Ryo Yamamoto. "Survey of Japanese and Oriental Archaeological Works in the Collection of the Seattle Asian Art Museum," MUSEUM, no. 705 (April 2023): 36 (b&w). Tokyo National Museum, 2023.
Cf. 51.40, 51.104, 51.105, 52.119, 56.118, 56.120, 57.39, 59.133, 65.18, 76.35, 88.25, 93.69, 97.1, 99.28.

Mayuyama, Junkichi, "Japanese Art In The West", 1966, no. 436

Fuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 12

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