Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka

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.^[1]

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

• 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

The museum has published a number of books about its collection and special exhibitions, including the following:

• The Story of Celadon: The Luminous Jade-Green Ware from East Asia (2025)
• The Lee Byung-Chang Collection of Korean Ceramics: Pure Beauty (2025)
• The Ataka Collection 101: Masterpiece Selection (2023)
• Ko-Kutani Ware of the Mr. and Mrs. Fukui Collection (2021)
• Tenmoku: The Beauty of Black Glaze Ware (2020)
• Object Portraits by Eric Zetterquist (2018)
• 300 ans de création à Sèvres: Porcelaine de la Cour de France (2017)
• The Beauty of Song Ceramics (2016)
• Charm of the Scholars Desk: Water Droppers of the Joseon Dynasty (2016)
• Kakiemon: Selected Works from the Yumeuzuras Collection (2011)
• The Pottery of Uno Soyo I (2009)

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