Mumyoi dish with marbled flower design.
H 7.5 x W 42.0 x D 42.0 cm,Year.2014Sekisui Ito V
1941 -- Ceramics(Living National Treasure)
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Price Range
$21,000 - 35,000
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 2
About the Artwork
Mumyoi-yaki is a style of ceramics employing unique reddish clays extracted from the gold and silver mines of Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture.
In the neriage technique, several dozen layers of different colors of clay are piled up in such a way that when the clay is cut into round slices, the cross-sections form images of flowers, a huge number of which are assembled to form a large dish. This is then fired unglazed at a high temperature. It takes approximately three months to complete one of these pieces.
Description
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CategoryCeramics
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MaterialsMumyoi clay
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DimensionsH 7.5 x W 42.0 x D 42.0 cm
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Year presented2014
Techniques Used
Marbleized clay
Marbleized clay (neriage) ceramics are made by layering or combining different colors of clay. A wide variety of patterns can be produced depending on how the clays are combined, with the cross-sections of the finished pattern appearing on the surface of the piece.
