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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese Creator Dates/Places: Japan Creator Name-CRT: Japan Title: Long-necked bottle View: Principal view Creation Start Date: 700 Creation End Date: 799 Creation Date: Nara period (710?794), 8th century Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Materials and Techniques: Stoneware with natural ash glaze and incised decoration (Sue ware) Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) Description: Sue ware represents a decisive turning point in the history of Japanese ceramics, marking a break with the long tradition of producing earthenware. Largely as a result of innovations introduced by immigrant Korean potters, sueki (sue ware) was technically more advanced than wares of the preceding Jomon and Yayoi cultures. Japanese craftsmen began to use the potter's wheel during this time, as revealed by the even, relatively thin walls of this bottle's neck. Fired at a higher temperature than previously achieved?roughly 1000 to 1200ºC, in the range of modern stoneware?Sue wares have hard, bluish gray bodies. They were fired in Korean-style kilns, known as anagama in Japanese, which were single tunnel-like chambers half buried in the ground along the slope of a hill. The mottled greenish brown glaze that coats most of this vessel's surface represents an early stage of another important development in pottery production. In this case, the glaze was formed when ash from the burning wood accidentally settled on the bottle during firing and fused to its surface in the hot temperature of the kiln. As this effect became desirable and potters learned to control the process, ash glaze was applied intentionally. AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Owner Location: New York, New York ID Number: 1975.268.425 Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 Copyright: Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art . All rights reserved. Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp AMICA ID: MMA_.1975.268.425 AMICA Library Year: 2002 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright (c) 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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