Vase / Kôyama Kiyoko
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.204
- Title
- Vase
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1936
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kinki (region)
- Shiga (prefecture)
- Shigaraki (city)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kinki (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Shiga (prefecture)
- Creation Place 5
- Shigaraki (city)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lori and David London
- Dimensions
- 25.5 cm x 29.5 cm x 14 cm (10 1/16 in. x 11 5/8 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- vase
- Physical Description
- This rectangular vase is decorated in one corber with a wheel or foral design carved into the clay. The opening edges of the vase are not straight, but asymmetrical. The natural ash glaze decorates the vase with varyig shades of gray.
- Subject Matter
- This is a vase. The artist, Koyama Kyoko, struggled as a female potter in a trade dominated by male artists. She received recognition when she discovered a way to revive the forgotten techinique of natural ash glazes, which are commonly used in her work.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plants
- pottery (object genre)
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2010/1.204
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.204/2010_1.204a.jpg
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"Vase; Kôyama Kiyoko." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.204/2010_1.204a.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
