Vase
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Object Label
Harada Shūroku trained with the masters of the Bizen kilns, making mostly unglazed, dark-red wares that have scorch patterns as their primary decoration. This vase is in his most experimental style, which he calls ranbari, a Japanese carpentry term for wood flooring composed of boards of various sizes laid down in random order. He creates a relatively smooth and conventional ceramic form, then applies patches of very rough clay to the outside in a meandering grid that resembles a stone wall.
Caption
Harada Shuroku Japanese, born 1941. Vase, ca. 2006. Bizen ware: unglazed stoneware, 11 x 6 5/16 in. (28 x 16 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner, 2014.60.5. Creative Commons-BY
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Vase
Date
ca. 2006
Period
Heisei Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Bizen ware: unglazed stoneware
Classification
Dimensions
11 x 6 5/16 in. (28 x 16 cm)
Inscriptions
On side of storage box, in Japanese: Bizen rancho hanaire (Bizen "randomly pulled" patterned vase) Signed: Shuroku Sealed: Shu
Credit Line
Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner
Accession Number
2014.60.5
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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