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Yamazaki Akira

1981 · Earthenware with green, yellow, brown glazes · Asian Art

Yamazaki Akira’s sculptural earthenware platter, with its slightly lobed shape and incised lines, exhibits an abstract leaf shape, with a raised channel on the left side, from which faint lines, like the veins of a leaf, radiate out to both sides. The platter is covered with a yellow-green glaze that shades off into a yellowish brown. It is supported by three small "feet" on the underside. The son of respected ceramic artist Yamazaki Koyo (1890–1979), Yamazaki Akira is known for his brightly glazed pieces.

Artist

Yamazaki Akira

Date

1981

Medium

Earthenware with green, yellow, brown glazes

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, 2019