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Sake Cup

Higashida Shigemasa

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Object Label

Shigemasa Higashida uses the copper-green glaze associated with Oribe wares, but he departs from tradition by covering the entire piece with a thick coating of the glaze and introducing other materials to create swirls of blue. With its rugged outcropping and blue pooling, this tiny cup takes on the quality of a landscape.

Caption

Higashida Shigemasa (Japanese, born 1955). Sake Cup, 1990. Glazed stoneware; oribe ware, 2 3/16 x 2 3/4 in. (5.5 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shelly and Lester Richter, 2013.83.48. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Sake Cup

Date

1990

Period

Heisei Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Glazed stoneware; oribe ware

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

2 3/16 x 2 3/4 in. (5.5 x 7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Shelly and Lester Richter

Accession Number

2013.83.48

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Artists and makers

Higashida Shigemasa

3 works in the collection