Jar -- Flowerly inlay for flowers

Object Details

• Artist

  Yagi Kazuo 八木一夫 (1918-1978)

• Description

  Brown stoneware vase with Korean Buncheong-inspired white-slip inlay within stamped geometric patterning in the Mishima style. With inscribed wooden storage box.

• Signatures

  Yagi Kazuo

• Marks

  Potter's mark: Yagi (stamped on base)

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Tsubo: The Art of the Vessel, Ancient - Present (March 15 to April 23, 2015)

  Yagi Kazuo - A Retrospective (2004)

• Origin

  Kyoto, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase -- funds provided anonymously in memory of Yagi Sakiyo

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1970s

• Name

  Yagi, Kazuo

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Clear glaze, White slip, Stoneware, Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)