2002.97: Tall, Flattened Vase with Short Neck, Bulging Shoulders, Constricted Base, and Shell Impressions

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2002.97

People

Matsuzaki Ken, Japanese (born 1950)

Title

Tall, Flattened Vase with Short Neck, Bulging Shoulders, Constricted Base, and Shell Impressions

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

datable to 2000

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Heisei era, 1989-2019

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/99572

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Off-white stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze over marks from shells used as firing supports; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing

Dimensions

H. 38.0 cm x W. 19.5 cm x D. 12.5 cm (14 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Purchased from Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Maria C. Henderson

Copyright

© Copyright held by Ken Matsuzaki

Accession Year

2002

Object Number

2002.97

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Ken Matsuzaki: Tradition Today, auct. cat., Pucker Gallery (Boston, MA, 2002), p. 1, cat. no. 1

Exhibition History

• 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

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