Man Nen (Ten Thousand Years)

2007

Not on view

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.

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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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