Shell vessel

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.

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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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