Vase

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Artist Shimaoka Tatsuzō (Japanese, 1919–2007)

Culture Japanese

Title Vase

Date 20th century

Medium Stoneware with glaze and slip

Dimensions Overall: 7 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (19.1 × 20 cm)
Overall: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 72.54.1

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Apprenticed to the renowned potter Hamada Shoji, Shimaoka became a distinguished potter in his own right earning the honor of “Living National Treasure” in 1996. The decoration on this jar is created by using white slip fill technique popular in Japan in the sixteenth century derived from Korean porcelain (buncheong ware).

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