Dish with three circular spots

ca. 1950s

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The iron-red spots on this unglazed plate are reminiscent of firing marks (botan-mochi) often found on Bizen ware. In 1952, Rosanjin, a ceramist, calligrapher, painter, and restaurateur, visited Kaneshige Tōyō’s studio with the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi to learn the repertory of Bizen kiln effects. Later, Kaneshige built a Bizen-style kiln for Rosanjin, in Kamakura.

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Title: Dish with three circular spots
Artist: Kitaōji Rosanjin 北大路魯山人 (Japanese, 1883–1959)
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: ca. 1950s
Culture: Japan
Medium: Stoneware with fire marks (Bizen ware)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Diam. 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Alice Boney, 1964
Object Number: 64.86
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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