Cornucopia: Ceramics from Southern Japan
Date(s): Dec 19, 2009 - Jan 09, 2011
Time: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Location: Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art- 1050 Independence Avenue, SW
MapDescription: Around the year 1600, a heightened fascination with the design and uses of ceramics, combined with advances in technology, launched an era of extraordinarily diverse and accomplished ceramic production in Japan. The center of this efflorescence was southern Japan, and in particular the island of Kyushu. Hundreds of kilns produced both stoneware coated in muted glazes and porcelain ornamented with cobalt blue or multicolored enamels for the domestic market (with a focus on utensils for dining and for the tea ceremony) and for export to Europe and Southeast Asia. The wide variety of local styles of glazing and decoration invented by Kyushu potters over three centuries is impressive.
Getting There:
Metro:
Rail: Smithsonian (Blue and Orange Lines)
Bus: V7 V9 52 53 13A 13G 13B 13F
Use the Metro Trip Planner -- www.wmata.com -- with (1050 Independence Avenue SW) as your
destination
Circulator: 12th and Independence Avenue stop on the Smithsonian/National
Gallery of Art Loop
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Parking: The closest parking lot to this location is located at:
Park America Inc.
901 D St. SW
Washington, DC 20024
Taxi: As of June 1, 2008, District of Columbia taxis are required to use time and distance based meters. For more information, please go to http://dctaxi.dc.gov.
Related Information
http://www.asia.si.edu
