Vase
Mihara Ken
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Stoneware with ash glaze
DATES
2006
PERIOD
Heisei Period
DIMENSIONS
11 x 8 11/16 in. (28 x 22 cm) (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS
Marked on the base: "Ken"
On the lid of the storage box:
Sekki - Seijaku '06 (Stoneware - Tranquility '06)
Signed:
Ken
Sealed:
Ken
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2014.60.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Tall vase on small foot with body that flares out sharply near the base. Six vertical seams run up the walls, creating facets are sharper near the base but gradually soften toward the top. The surface is mottled in shades of gray, blue, and orange, the product of multiple firings.
Object has a storage box signed by the artist. Arrived with the artist's signed drawing of the object.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Mihara Ken (Japanese, born 1958). Vase, 2006. Stoneware with ash glaze, 11 x 8 11/16 in. (28 x 22 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner, 2014.60.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.60.1_print.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2014.60.1_print.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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