Object Details
- Label
- Shimizu Uichi, the son of a pottery wholesaler, was born in Kyoto. Intending to continue the family business, he began commercial studies but instead discovered an interest in making ceramics. After studying briefly with Ishiguro Munemaro at the age of fifteen, he embarked on a career as a studio potter. Like his teacher, Shimizu focused on classical Chinese glazes; his black-glazed and green-glazed pieces won numerous national and international prizes from the 1950s onward. In 1985 he received the title 'Living National Treasure.' On this massive jar, the artist trailed his fingers through the wet glaze to 'draw' on the jar's shoulder.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Reinventing the Wheel: Japanese Ceramics 1930 - 2000 (July 23, 2011 - June 30, 2013)
- Paper and Clay from Modern Japan (January 20 to March 31, 1991)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- Shimizu Uichi (Japan, 1926-2004)
- Date
- ca. 1988
- Period
- Showa era
- Credit Line
- Gift of Shimizu Uichi
- Medium
- Stoneware with iron glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 32.9 x 24.8 cm (12 15/16 x 9 3/4 in)
- Type
- Vessel
