伊勢崎淳　万年|Man Nen (Ten Thousand Years)

Isezaki Jun

2007 · Stoneware with black slip (Bizen ware) · Asian Art

In 1961, Isezaki revived the single-chamber anagama, or tunnel kiln, a firing method that produces wood-ash glazes. The finest Bizen pieces are often the result of careful design and fortuitous accident. Hand-built, this piece was coated in an iron-rich slip with black pigment and placed in the kiln near the firebox where it could be blasted with wood ash that melted on its surface. The artist was designated a Living National Treasure in 2004.

Artist

Isezaki Jun

Date

2007

Medium

Stoneware with black slip (Bizen ware)

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Halsey and Alice North, 2017