Square Jar with Birds and Flowers

Cleveland Museum of Art

Square Jar with Birds and Flowers

Date
late 1600s
Medium
Porcelain with overglaze color enamels and gold (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
140318

From the Cleveland Museum of Art record

This lidded square jar was likely paired with a complementary yet nonidentical mate. The pine tree, plum, and bamboo together form the frequently depicted motif known as the Three Friends of Winter ( shōchikubai ), so named because of their hardy perseverance in the cold. Each side also features a pair of birds, including cranes on one face and pheasants on another. A jar like this was fired at a high temperature, painted with colored enamels, and then fired again at a lower temperature.

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Credit line
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Provenance
?–1963: (K.J. Hewett, Ltd., London, England, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) | 1963–64: Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1964–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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