roughly ovoid shape with angles facets; diagonal incised parallel lines overall, spiraling into opening; creamy light tan with brown flecks and surface sand grains; slightly concave bottom

%C2%A9 Sakiyama Takayuki

Vase, 2007

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Sakiyama Takayuki studied with the avant-garde ceramists Hayashi Yasuo and Yamada Hikaru who championed non-functional objets d'art over utilitarian forms. While his works are exceedingly sculptural, Sakiyama has always produced functional pieces, particularly large-scale flower vases like this one. He uses clay from Shigaraki that is rich in feldspathic sand. By incising the surface of his vessels with parallel striations, he suggests the patterns created by gentle waves on a sandy shore-reminiscent of the beach where he played as a young boy near the seaside town of Shimoda on the Izu Peninsula, and where he operates his studio today.

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Title
Vase
Artist Life
born 1958
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2008.17.2
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roughly ovoid shape with angles facets; diagonal incised parallel lines overall, spiraling into opening; creamy light tan with brown flecks and surface sand grains; slightly concave bottom

© Sakiyama Takayuki

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