Three Color Bottle Vase
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Object Label
The twentieth-century potter Kawai Kanjirō was a master glaze technician who rediscovered a number of historical glaze and enamel types and found innovative ways to combine them. On this slab-built bottle he created complex abstract patterns by overlapping splashes of color on a faceted, rough clay surface.
Caption
Kawai Kanjiro Japanese, 1890–1966. Three Color Bottle Vase, ca. 1965. Stoneware, 9 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (24.8 x 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Herbert Meadow, 75.120.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.120.1_view01_PS11.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Three Color Bottle Vase
Date
ca. 1965
Period
Showa Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Stoneware
Classification
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (24.8 x 14.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Herbert Meadow
Accession Number
75.120.1
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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