Round Flower Vase

2016

Not on view

Hannya Tamotsu is a sixteenth-generation metal artist based Toyama Prefecture. In his unique casting technique, different melted alloys are poured into the same mold at calculated intervals. Due to the different melting points of the three metals he used here, they form patterns rather than blending. He is the only artist known to have created triple-metal cast work. In 2016 he received the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Rays, from the Emperor of Japan.

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吹分丸型花器
Title: Round Flower Vase
Artist: Hannya Tamotsu 般若保 (Japanese, born 1941)
Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
Date: 2016
Culture: Japan
Medium: Casting with an alloy of copper and arsenic (kuromidō), brass, and copper
Dimensions: H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm); W. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); D. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Hayashi Kaoru, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2020
Object Number: 2020.76.9
Rights and Reproduction: © Hannya Tamotsu
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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