深見陶治作　「屹」|"Upright" (Kitsu)

Fukami Sueharu

2012 · Porcelain with seihakuji (pale blue) glaze · Asian Art

The Kyoto-based ceramic artist Fukami employed an innovative, high-pressure slip-casting technique (designed to prevent warping) to form the porcelain body of this towering sculpture, onto which he then applied a classic pale-blue glaze (Japanese: seihakuji; Chinese: qingbai). The distinctive glaze recalls luminescent Song-dynasty (960–1279) celadon wares produced in the Jingdezhen kilns of China in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

Artist

Fukami Sueharu

Date

2012

Medium

Porcelain with seihakuji (pale blue) glaze

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013