Bowl with incised design

Object Details

• Artist

  Inoue Manji (Japan, born 1929)

• Label

  According to the artist, "When the clay of this large bowl was still leather hard, I incised lines around the outside and a design of peonies in the bottom. After coating the peony design with pale green glaze, I covered the rest of the piece--except for the design—with colorless glaze. It has taken a long time to perfect the skill of firing pieces glazed in this way to 1300 degrees C without having the green glaze run and spoil the design. The contrast of the white and green glazes emphasizes the special beauty of porcelain."

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Contemporary Porcelain from Japan (November 21, 1993 to September 5, 1994)

• Origin

  Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Japan Foundation

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1980s

• Name

  Inoue, Manji

• Place

  Japan, Saga prefecture, Arita

• Topic

  Contemporary Art, Porcelain, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Arita ware, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)