Covered jar, "Oxcart"

Object Details

• Artist

  Miura Koheiji (1933-2006)

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Honoring Friends: Recent Gifts by Members of the Freer and Sackler Galleries (June 10 to November 25, 2001)

  Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)

  Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections (December 8, 1993 to August 23, 1994)

  Object of the Bi-Month (April 25, 1991 to March 21, 2007)

• Origin

  Tokyo, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Willard Clark, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Feinberg, and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sokol

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1990s

• Name

  Miura, Koheiji

• Place

  Tokyo, Japan

• Topic

  Heisei era (1989 - 2019), Art, Stoneware, Oxen, Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)