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Dish in the Shape of a Leaf, Part of a Set of 6

Hamanaka Gesson

Asian Art

MEDIUM Glazed stoneware
  • Place Made: Japan
  • DIMENSIONS 1 15/16 × 4 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (5 × 12 × 21 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2017.28.3
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Dr. Susan L. Beningson in memory of Leslie Beller
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION From a set of six dishes, each hand-formed and hand-glazed for different shapes and surface effects. Each dish is oblong, formed from a flat slab of clay, curved and cut on a bias to create serrated edges, mimicking a leaf. Hagi-style glaze, with a blush of pink and slight bluish undertones, is applied to most of the surface. A small area of unglazed buff-colored clay is left exposed on one of the long sides, with iron brown glaze loosely brushed or dabbed onto that surface. The group arrived in a signed and sealed wood storage box.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Hamanaka Gesson (Japanese, born 1943). Dish in the Shape of a Leaf, Part of a Set of 6. Glazed stoneware, 1 15/16 × 4 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (5 × 12 × 21 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Susan L. Beningson in memory of Leslie Beller, 2017.28.3 (Photo: , 2017.28.3_PS9.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 2017.28.3_PS9.jpg., 2019
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    Hamanaka Gesson (Japanese, born 1943). <em>Dish in the Shape of a Leaf, Part of a Set of 6</em>. Glazed stoneware, 1 15/16 × 4 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (5 × 12 × 21 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Susan L. Beningson in memory of Leslie Beller, 2017.28.3 (Photo: , 2017.28.3_PS9.jpg)