Quatrefoil Water Container (Mizusashi)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.99.A
People: Matsuzaki Ken, Japanese (born 1950)
Title: Quatrefoil Water Container (Mizusashi)
Other Titles: Transliterated Title: Mizusashi
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 2000
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Heisei era, 1989-2019
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/99738

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Off white (or very light gray) stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze; with signature of the artist reading "Ken '00" inscribed on the base before firing

Dimensions

H. 21.5 cm x W. 21.0 cm x D. 19.0 cm (8 7/16 x 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: with signature reading "Ken '00" 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, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: 2002.99.A
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Ken Matsuzaki: Tradition Today, auct. cat., Pucker Gallery (Boston, MA, 2002), p. 7, cat. no. 20A

Verification Level

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