Platter
Yamazaki Akira’s sculptural earthenware platter, with its slightly lobed shape and incised lines, exhibits an abstract leaf shape, with a raised channel on the left side, from which faint lines, like the veins of a leaf, radiate out to both sides. The platter is covered with a yellow-green glaze that shades off into a yellowish brown. It is supported by three small "feet" on the underside. The son of respected ceramic artist Yamazaki Koyo (1890–1979), Yamazaki Akira is known for his brightly glazed pieces.
Artwork Details
- Title: Platter
- Artist: Yamazaki Akira (Japanese, born 1927)
- Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
- Date: 1981
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Earthenware with green, yellow, brown glazes
- Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Diam. 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.570.5
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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