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Vase

Mihara Ken

Asian Art

MEDIUM Stoneware with ash glaze
  • Place Made: Japan
  • DATES 2006
    PERIOD Heisei Period
    DIMENSIONS 11 x 8 11/16 in. (28 x 22 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS Marked on the base: "Ken" On the lid of the storage box: Sekki - Seijaku '06 (Stoneware - Tranquility '06) Signed: Ken Sealed: Ken
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2014.60.1
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Tall vase on small foot with body that flares out sharply near the base. Six vertical seams run up the walls, creating facets are sharper near the base but gradually soften toward the top. The surface is mottled in shades of gray, blue, and orange, the product of multiple firings. Object has a storage box signed by the artist. Arrived with the artist's signed drawing of the object.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Mihara Ken (Japanese, born 1958). Vase, 2006. Stoneware with ash glaze, 11 x 8 11/16 in. (28 x 22 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner, 2014.60.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.60.1_print.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.2014.60.1_print.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    Mihara Ken (Japanese, born 1958). <em>Vase</em>, 2006. Stoneware with ash glaze, 11 x 8 11/16 in. (28 x 22 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Steven Korff and Marcia Van Wagner, 2014.60.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.60.1_print.jpg)