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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.97
People
Matsuzaki Ken, Japanese (born 1950)
Title
Tall, Flattened Vase with Short Neck, Bulging Shoulders, Constricted Base, and Shell Impressions
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
datable to 2000
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Heisei era, 1989-2019
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/99572

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Off-white stoneware with ash coating and natural ash glaze over marks from shells used as firing supports; with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing
Dimensions
H. 38.0 cm x W. 19.5 cm x D. 12.5 cm (14 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: with signature reading "Ken" inscribed on the base before firing

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchased from Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Maria C. Henderson
Copyright
© Copyright held by Ken Matsuzaki
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.97
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ken Matsuzaki: Tradition Today, auct. cat., Pucker Gallery (Boston, MA, 2002), p. 1, cat. no. 1

Exhibition History

  • Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005

Verification Level

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