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Toshiko Takaezu, artist

1922–2011

bowl, circa 1971

Where object was made: New Jersey, United States

Material/technique: glaze; earthenware

Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 8.3 x 23.5 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 3 1/4 x 9 1/4 in

Credit line: Gift of James K. Rowland

Accession number: 2003.0120

On display: Lee Study Center

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Form & Flux: Contemporary East Asian Ceramics and Surface Stories

Toshiko Takaezu was a pioneering Japanese-American woman artist who helped redefine ceramics as a sculptural medium. At a time when the field was dominated by men, she brought a distinctly personal and intuitive approach to clay. While best known for her closed, globular forms, this bowl shows her painterly sensibility, with brushed glaze cascading down the sides like dripping water. Merging abstraction, nature, and spirituality, Takaezu’s work reflects a lifelong devotion to clay as both craft and art.