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Photo: Scott Leen
Flask
Photo: Scott Leen

Flask

Date6th century
Object number56.120
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987)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): 34 (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. 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. 14
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions12 in. (30.48 cm) Girth: 27 3/4 in.
MediumSue ware (stoneware) with ash glaze
Vase
Japanese
ca. 710-794
Object number: 56.197
Bottle vase
Japanese
ca. 9th century
Object number: 65.19
Sue ware vase with cups on shoulder
Japanese
3rd-6th century
Object number: 56.118
Bottle-shaped vase (heishi)
Japanese
14th century
Object number: 84.11
Photo: Scott Leen
Japanese
16th century
Object number: 95.139
Tea storage jar
Japanese
15th century
Object number: 75.60
Rice cracker storage jar (sembei tsubo)
Japanese
16th century
Object number: 91.242
Seed storage jar
Japanese
mid-16th century
Object number: 77.53
Japanese
1000-1185
Object number: SC83.218
Sue ware vase with figures and cups
Japanese
mid 6th century
Object number: 56.119