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Lidded Vessel

1992

Koike Shōko 小池頌子

(Japanese, b. 1943)
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Culture
Japan, Heisei period (1989–2019)
Medium
Glazed stoneware
Measurements
Diameter: 38.1 cm (15 in.); with cover: 43.2 cm (17 in.)
Credit Line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Keiko Kumita, Mr. Masaharu Nagano, and Mr. Klaus Naumann 1992.108
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

Ceramist Koike Shōko is a recipient of the Japanese Ceramic Society’s top award.

Description

Koike Shōko, one of the first women to graduate from the renowned ceramics department at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, often draws her forms from the ocean. The artist has shaped this lidded vessel as a shell, with sweeping curves and serrated edges, capturing an undulating sense of movement.
A white-glazed lidded stoneware clay vessel swirls in a shell-like shape, the lid merging with the body of the vessel. Jutting jagged edges atop ridges swish vertically down the sides. The vessel stands on a narrower base, widening and rounding at the top. Fine crease lines streak horizontally across the vessel.

Lidded Vessel

1992

Koike Shōko

(Japanese, b. 1943)
Japan, Heisei period (1989–2019)

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