Cup
about 1981 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Cup (yunomi). The sides turn out sharply from the medium footring and then taper gently upwards, with a slight waisting one-third of the way up. The orange-coloured body visible only in pitted areas above the footring; brownish slip on base, footring and as far as the waisted area; creamy slip elsewhere; irregular creamy Hagi glaze, with characteristic wormcast formations on base.
[Box: Wood box inscribed 'Hagi-yaki yunomi, Yasuo' with seal 'Yasu'. Biographical leaflets about potter in register.]
[Box: Wood box inscribed 'Hagi-yaki yunomi, Yasuo' with seal 'Yasu'. Biographical leaflets about potter in register.]
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with creamy glaze |
| Brief description | Cup (yunomi), stoneware with creamy glaze, made by Yamato Yasuo, Japan (Hagi), about 1981 |
| Physical description | Cup (yunomi). The sides turn out sharply from the medium footring and then taper gently upwards, with a slight waisting one-third of the way up. The orange-coloured body visible only in pitted areas above the footring; brownish slip on base, footring and as far as the waisted area; creamy slip elsewhere; irregular creamy Hagi glaze, with characteristic wormcast formations on base. [Box: Wood box inscribed 'Hagi-yaki yunomi, Yasuo' with seal 'Yasu'. Biographical leaflets about potter in register.] |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by the potter |
| Object history | Given by the potter to John Ayers, Keeper of FED, in Japan in 1981. |
| Production | Artist: Yamato Yasuo (1933 - ) Biographical reference: Leaflets in register. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.48-1982 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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