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The artist who created this work is Susumu Ikuta. Born in Kyoto in 1934, Ikuta moved to the United States where he still lives and works in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

He worked as a fashion designer in Tokyo earlier in his career and was friends with Andry Warhol. He learned ceramics in New York, while taking night classes in the 1950s. He then returned to Japan in the 1970s to study further underglaze decoration and potting techniques.

Octagonal Covered Container

Ikuta Susumu

Asian Art

ARTIST Ikuta Susumu, Japanese, born 1934

MEDIUM White porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and iron oxide

Place Made: Wendell, North Carolina, United States

DATES 1989

PERIOD Heisei Period

DIMENSIONS A&B: 5 7/8 × 6 in. (14.9 × 15.2 cm) A, base: 2 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (7.3 × 14.6 cm) B, lid: 3 × 6 in. (7.6 × 15.2 cm)

COLLECTIONS Asian Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 2005.16a-b

CREDIT LINE Gift of Nobuko Kajitani

EXHIBITIONS

Infinite Blue

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

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