Octagonal Covered Container
Caption
Ikuta Susumu Japanese, born 1934. Octagonal Covered Container, 1989. White porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and iron oxide, A&B: 5 7/8 × 6 in. (14.9 × 15.2 cm) A, base: 2 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (7.3 × 14.6 cm) B, lid: 3 × 6 in. (7.6 × 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nobuko Kajitani, 2005.16a-b. Creative Commons-BY
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Octagonal Covered Container
Date
1989
Period
Heisei Period
Geography
Place made: Wendell, North Carolina, United States
Medium
White porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and iron oxide
Classification
Dimensions
A&B: 5 7/8 × 6 in. (14.9 × 15.2 cm) A, base: 2 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (7.3 × 14.6 cm) B, lid: 3 × 6 in. (7.6 × 15.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nobuko Kajitani
Accession Number
2005.16a-b
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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The artist who created this work is Susumu Ikuta. Born in Kyoto in 1934, Ikuta moved to the United States where he still lives and works in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.He worked as a fashion designer in Tokyo earlier in his career and was friends with Andry Warhol. He learned ceramics in New York, while taking night classes in the 1950s. He then returned to Japan in the 1970s to study further underglaze decoration and potting techniques.
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