vase, Miyashita Zenji

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Miyashita Zenji, vase
Miyashita Zenji, vase
Miyashita Zenji
vase
circa 1980s, Showa period (1926–1989)
vase, circa 1980s, Showa period (1926–1989)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: glaze; stoneware
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 55.5 x 32.5 x 13 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 21 7/8 x 12 13/16 x 5 1/8 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Friends of the Art Museum
Accession number: 1989.0019
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Contemporary Ceramics East and West," Feb-2002, Susan Earle, Mary M. Dusenbury Miyashita Zenji is best known for the non-traditional shapes and designs of his vases and ceramic sculptures and for the intricate layering of clay slip that forms the surfaces of his work. Here, the tall rectangular shape of the vase is bent into a slight curve, a more organic form that echoes the curves of the layered mountains that embellish the surface.