Sui (Jade)

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Artist Fukami Sueharu(Japanese, born 1947)Japanese, born 1947

CultureJapanese

Titles

Sui (Jade)

Datec. 1995

MediumWheel-thrown porcelain with seihakuji glaze, on a partly-gilt stainless-steel base

DimensionsOverall (Assembled, approximate): 15 3/4 × 25 7/8 in. (40 × 65.8 cm)
.A, Vessel: 12 3/16 × 25 7/8 in. (31 × 65.8 cm)
.B, Gilded Base: 2 1/16 × 4 5/16 in. (5.2 × 10.9 cm)
.C, Steel Base: 1 5/16 × 7 3/16 in. (3.4 × 18.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment

Object number2025.22.A-.C

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenancePrivate collection, United States, 2008 [1]; Private collection, Japan, before 2023; [consigned to Thomsen Gallery, New York, 2024]; purchased by MFAH, 2025.

[1] The first piece in this series was sold by the Thomsen Gallery, New York, to a West Coast collector in 2008; it is published in the Gallery’s 2007 exhibition catalogue.
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Published References N/A Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Base: Signature engraved on underside of steel base: S. Fukami [cursive]

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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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