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Vase
Hiroshi Nakayama (born in 1947)
American
1997
Object Place: Worthington, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Glazed, high-fire stoneware
Dimensions
9.52 x 33.02 x 33.0 cm (3 3/4 x 13 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Seminarians
Accession Number1998.9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Americas
DescriptionLow vessel composed of a cylinder within a square. Main form is of hand-built slab construction of four external walls, top, and intersecting corners, and a thrown, flat-bottomed cylinder at center. Vessel is scored at edges and covered with a marbled glaze of white, tan, brown, and black.
InscriptionsIncised "Hiroshi" in a single Japanese character on base.
ProvenancePurchased by MFA as Director's Choice from the December 1997 Crafts at the Castle exhibition, Boston, MA.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.