Minneapolis Institute of Art
Gourd-shaped flask with grapevines
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- Date
- early 17th century
- Medium
- Mino ware, Shino-Oribe type, stoneware with underglaze iron oxide
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 122425
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Ceramics of the so-called Shino-Oribe style were among the varieties of glazed stoneware produced in the 1600s at kilns in Mino (modern-day Gifu Prefecture). They are characterized by pictorial motifs rendered in an iron-based pigment under a transparent glaze containing feldspar and silica. This flask, featuring a design of grapevines, takes the shape of a calabash gourd— when dried, it can be used as a bottle for holding medicines or liquids, especially sake, the alcoholic beverage made from rice. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
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