Ink-Stone (Suzuri)
Object Label
The motif of "three friends" popular in East Asian literary culture is here presented as a repeated stylized shōchikubai (pine, plum, and bamboo) pattern carved in a diagonal rectangular grid.
Caption
Sato Kazutsugi Japanese, born 1948. Ink-Stone (Suzuri), ca. 1980. Oribe ware, buff stoneware, copper-green glaze, wood storage box, 1 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (3.5 x 14 x 18.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John P. Lyden, 1993.194.19. Creative Commons-BY
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Ink-Stone (Suzuri)
Date
ca. 1980
Period
Showa Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Oribe ware, buff stoneware, copper-green glaze, wood storage box
Classification
Dimensions
1 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (3.5 x 14 x 18.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John P. Lyden
Accession Number
1993.194.19
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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