Jar

Object Details

• Artist

  Sagawa Iwao 佐川巌 (Japan, born 1933)

• Label

  According to the artist, "The raw materials for the porcelain body of this jar included china stone with enough iron to add a reddish yellow tint. The glaze was mixed from a small percentage of that same china stone, ash of isu (Distylium racemosum) wood, and iron oxide. It was thickly applied and fired in fairly heavy reduction (limited oxygen). The iron in the clay and the glaze combined to produce a green glaze with an agreeable texture and soft color. The glaze appears darker where it has pooled in the grooves that I incised in the leather-hard form."

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  America's Smithsonian (February 9 to August 26, 1997)

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

• Origin

  Tobe, Ehime prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Japan Foundation

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1990s

• Name

  Sagawa, Iwao

• Place

  Ehime prefecture, Japan, Tobe

• Topic

  Contemporary Art, Heisei era (1989 - 2019), Porcelain, Art, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)