Miyashita Zenji
Domed Vase

Domed Vase

© Zenji Miyashita

Domed Vase
Domed Vase
ArtistJapanese, 1939–2012
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Domed Vase
Date1994
PlaceJapan
MediumStoneware with glaze
DimensionsOverall: 18 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 8 9/16 in. (47.6 × 59.7 × 21.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nippon Steel USA, Inc., the Japan Business Association of Houston, and the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number95.265
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Description

Miyashita Zenji applied extremely thin layers of colored clay to the body of this vase. The technique creates an overlap that, when paired with a gradient color palette ranging from dark purple to pale yellow to light pink, evokes sunrise over a hazy mountain range.


The son of ceramic artist Miyashita Zenju, Miyashita Zenji began working with celadon ceramics at a young age and has been been employing a procedure called saidei in his work since the early 1980s. Saidei involves layering paper-thin sheets of colored clay over one another to create a relief effect along the body of the vessel. Zenji typically uses a gradated range of colors, and his work demonstrates a strong appreciation of nature, often calling to mind distant hills, sunsets, drifting clouds, or rolling waves.


ProvenanceResearch Ongoing
Exhibition History"Contemporary Craft from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 27–August 13, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The vase is signed in blue paint, on the bottom: "Miyashita".

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