Spiraling Vessel, Dizzy Shadings (Genun)
Ogata, a native of Hokkaidō, is a self-taught potter who specializes in marbleized clay (neriage). This egg-shaped vessel with clay in hues of gray, teal, and buff appears to rotate like a small planet. As it was being thrown on a potter’s wheel its smooth surface was cut to create narrow, knife-edged ridges. The spiraling bands of color combine with narrowly spaced grooves to impart a sensation of vertigo, as indicated by its title.
Artwork Details
- 尾形香三夫作 練上壺 「眩暈」
- Title: Spiraling Vessel, Dizzy Shadings (Genun)
- Artist: Ogata Kamio (Japanese, born 1949)
- Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
- Date: 2005
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Marbleized stoneware (neriage)
- Dimensions: H. 13 in. (33 cm); Diam. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Purchase, The B. D. G. Leviton Foundation Gift, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.507
- Rights and Reproduction: © Ogata Kamio
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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