Large Folded Vessel with Deep Blue-Grey and Cream Tones

2007

Not on view

This vessel was built by folding a nearly square slab on a diagonal axis. Its form is defined by the contrast between the right angles at the slab’s corners and the curves along the body and bottom. The clay is from the Izumo area, the artist’s home, in Shimane Prefecture. The unglazed surface features a buff-colored residue acquired through a high-firing technique (yakishime).

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三原研　 (1958年生) 　「起源　07」 (2007年)
Title: Large Folded Vessel with Deep Blue-Grey and Cream Tones
Artist: Mihara Ken (Japanese, born 1958)
Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
Date: 2007
Culture: Japan
Medium: Stoneware with natural ash glaze; multiple firings
Dimensions: H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); W. 23 5/8 in. (60 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchase, The B. D. G. Leviton Foundation Gift, in honor of Miyeko Murase, 2007
Object Number: 2007.325
Rights and Reproduction: © Ken Mihara
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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