Minneapolis Institute of Art
Ash container with three birds
Japan
- Date
- late 16th century
- Medium
- Karatsu ware, stoneware with underglaze iron
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
A container like this one, called a hi’ire (literally, “fire container”), would have held hot ashes and been placed in a tobacco tray like the one displayed here. Guests to a tea gathering would use the hot ashes to light their pipes. Typical of wares from the Karatsu kilns, this mukōzuke is decorated with casual, rapidly painted designs in iron oxide brown. Japan, Asia
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