Tea bowl with Oribe glaze

Object Details

• Artist

  Okabe Mineo (1919-1990)

• Description

  Cylindrical tea bow with Oribe glaze.

  Mark: "peak (mine)"-shaped mark incised on unglazed base outside footrim.

  Box, thick paulownia wood with flat lid, purple cord. Inscription and seal.

• Marks

  On top of box: square red seal: "Mine."

  "peak (mine)"-shaped mark incised on unglazed base outside footrim.

  "peak (mine)"-shaped mark incised on unglazed base outside footrim.

• Inscriptions

  Inscribed on top of box lid: "Ao-Oribe ... chawan (tea bowl) ... Mineo."

• Label

  Okabe Mineo (1919–1990, Seto, Aichi Prefecture) was the son of Kato Tokuro, another leading figure in the Momoyama Revival. During his early career Okabe continued his father’s repertory of Mino-style Oribe, Yellow Seto, and Shino glazes. (From the early 1960s he focused on Chinese-style celadon glazes.) Nonetheless, he exhibited his works not in the annual Traditional Craft Exhibition but in the fine arts Nitten, where ceramics were shown alongside painting and sculpture. In the 1954 Nitten exhibition his Green Oribe-glazed jar received a major prize. Okabe’s throwing is deft and fast, and his Green Oribe glaze is a deep, blue-edged tone.

• Provenance

  From early 1950s to 2010

  Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

  From 2010

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2010

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial notes: Purchased by Victor Hauge from the artist Okabe Mineo in his studio in the early 1950s.

  Victor visited Okabe's workshop in the early 1950s and bought everything that was available for sale.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Victor and Takako Hauge ((1919-2013) and (1923-2015))

• Origin

  Hiradobashi (Toyota), Aichi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1950s

• Name

  Hauge, Victor and Takako

• Place

  Aichi prefecture, Hiradobashi Toyota, Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Hauge collection, Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics, Copper-green glaze

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)