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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1976.95
People
Shimaoka Tatsuzō, Japanese (1919-2007)
Title
Elongated Bottle with Short Neck, Angled Shoulders, Herringbone Decoration, and Shell Impressions
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Shōwa period, circa early 1970s
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Shōwa era, 1926-1989
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202251

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray stoneware with localized areas of natural ash glaze over impressed decoration and marks from shells used as firing supports; with stamped potter's mark on the base
Dimensions
H. 30.0 cm x Diam. 14.1 cm (11 13/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. Tatsuzō Shimaoka, Mrs. Nitza Rosovsky, and Mrs. Linda Abegglen
Accession Year
1976
Object Number
1976.95
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Tradition and Synthesis: 19th- and 20th-Century Works from East Asia, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/22/2001 - 06/09/2002
  • Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005

Verification Level

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