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Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka

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Location
  
Osaka, Japan

Website
  
moco.or.jp

Phone
  
+81 6-6223-0055

Type
  
Art museum

Opened
  
7 November 1982

Director
  
Tetsurō Degawa

Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka

Established
  
November 7, 1982 (1982-11-07)

Address
  
1-1-26 Nakanoshima, Kita Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 530-0005, Japan

Hours
  
Open today · 9:30AM–5PMWednesday9:30AM–5PMThursday9:30AM–5PMFriday9:30AM–5PMSaturday9:30AM–5PMSunday9:30AM–5PMMondayClosedTuesday9:30AM–5PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Nakanoshima, Osaka Science Museum, National Museum of Art - Osaka, Osaka Central Public Hall, Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts

The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka (大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館) is a Japanese art museum and regarded as one of the best ceramic-collections in the world. This museum collects, studies, conserves, exhibits and interprets East Asian ceramics, which mainly came from ancient China and Korea. The world-famous Ataka Collection, donated by the 21 companies of the Sumitomo Group, as well as the Rhee Byung-Chang Collection, provide the public an aesthetic experience with first-class collection.

Contents

National Treasures

  • Celadon vase with Iron Brown Spots
  • Tenmoku Glaze bowl with Silvery Spots

    • Important Cultural Properties

  • Stoneware with Sgraffito Decoration of Peony with Transparent Glaze under Green Glaze
  • Porcelain with Carved Lotus Design
  • Porcelain with Incised Peony Scrolls Design Cut through Underglaze Iron-Coating
  • Celadon with Carved Peony Scrolls Design
  • Celadon vase with phoenix handles
  • Tenmoku Glaze bowl with Leaf Design
  • Blue-and-White with Fish and Water Plants Design
  • Blue-and-White with Peony Scrolls Design
  • Blue-and-White with Bird and Branch Design

    • References

    Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka Wikipedia
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