Orb 2006

2006
Not on view
Sakurai Yasuko first studied ceramics in Kyoto, before becoming an artist in residence in Shigaraki, and then in Limoges, France. She makes perforated, unglazed, white porcelain forms that are studies in light and shadow. These forms are created around bundles of mold-cast porcelain tubes and then connected by clay and slip.

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  • 櫻井靖子
  • Title: Orb 2006
  • Artist: Sakurai Yasuko (Japanese, born 1969)
  • Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
  • Date: 2006
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Porcelain
  • Dimensions: H. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm); Diam. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Gift of Halsey and Alice North, 2017
  • Object Number: 2017.166.12
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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