Two-tiered box with Oribe glaze
Suzuki’s work is inspired by Momoyama period (1573–1615) Oribe ware. On this two-tiered food box, he used the traditional dark brown and bright green Oribe glazes to depict whimsical motifs of crows, lamps, nude women, geometric patterns, and circular forms. Suzuki applied gold lacquer to mend cracks on the inside of the box in the kintsugi tradition of highlighting repairs on tea bowls rather than disguising them.
Artwork Details
- 日本 鈴木五郎 (1941年生) 織部二段重 (1997年頃)
- Title: Two-tiered box with Oribe glaze
- Artist: Suzuki Gorō (Japanese, born 1941)
- Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
- Date: ca. 1997
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Stoneware with iron-oxide and coppergreen overglaze decoration and gold lacquer repairs (Oribe ware)
- Dimensions: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm); D. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Gift of Halsey and Alice North, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.442.1a–c
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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