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Bottle (rust)

Bottle
1998 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle form with deeply cratered rust-coloured surface. Stoneware, thrown and altered on the wheel. Reactive slip and multiple glazes applied. Reduction fired in a gas kiln at 1260 C, and then partially sandblasted. (Details supplied by the artist in a letter of 3/3/2006, see RF 2004/629).


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleBottle (rust) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, thrown and altered, reactive slip and glazes, sandblasted
Brief description
Bottle, stoneware with cratered surface, Aki Moriuchi, 1998
Physical description
Bottle form with deeply cratered rust-coloured surface. Stoneware, thrown and altered on the wheel. Reactive slip and multiple glazes applied. Reduction fired in a gas kiln at 1260 C, and then partially sandblasted. (Details supplied by the artist in a letter of 3/3/2006, see RF 2004/629).
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.2cm
  • Width: 15.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
impressed seal
Credit line
Given by Dasha Shenkman
Object history
Formerly in the collection of Dasha Shenkman, who purchased the work from the Paul Rice Gallery in September 1998.
Bibliographic reference
See Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information file
Collection
Accession number
C.71-2005

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Record createdJanuary 11, 2007
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