Shell vessel

Koike Shōko Japanese
1997
Not on view
This shell-like lidded stoneware vessel has undulating, ruffled, and pinched ridges protruding from a hand-built body. A textured, creamy white glaze covers its top two-thirds, and its lid repeats its flaring, ridged shape in miniature. One of the first women to graduate from the ceramics department of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Koike draws inspiration from marine life, seaside cliffs, and natural forms. She is among the most admired studio artists in Japan.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 小池頌子作 貝のふたもの
  • Title: Shell vessel
  • Artist: Koike Shōko (Japanese, born 1943)
  • Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
  • Date: 1997
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Shigaraki stoneware with white glaze
  • Dimensions: H. 23 5/8 in. (60 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.300.279a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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