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Collection Online as of April 20, 2026

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)
Glazed stoneware
Diameter: 38.1 cm (15 in.); with cover: 43.2 cm (17 in.)
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Keiko Kumita, Mr. Masaharu Nagano, and Mr. Klaus Naumann 1992.108
Location: Not on view

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.
  • ?–1992
    (Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1992–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79. Mentioned: p. 78 www.jstor.org
  • Contemporary Calligraphy and Clay. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7, 2024-June 15, 2025).
    Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1992.108