Man Nen (Ten Thousand Years)
In 1961, Isezaki revived the single-chamber anagama, or tunnel kiln, a firing method that produces wood-ash glazes. The finest Bizen pieces are often the result of careful design and fortuitous accident. Hand-built, this piece was coated in an iron-rich slip with black pigment and placed in the kiln near the firebox where it could be blasted with wood ash that melted on its surface. The artist was designated a Living National Treasure in 2004.
Artwork Details
- 伊勢崎淳 万年
- Title: Man Nen (Ten Thousand Years)
- Artist: Isezaki Jun (Japanese, born 1936)
- Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
- Date: 2007
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Stoneware with black slip (Bizen ware)
- Dimensions: 10 1/8 × 8 1/4 in. (25.7 × 21 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Gift of Halsey and Alice North, 2017
- Object Number: 2017.166.2
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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