The 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.About Our Museum, MOC
Collection
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
Publications 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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