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Gift of Thomas Murray in honor of Michael Leach and Joanne Powell Leachexpand_more 2020.100.6
Hikidashi guro is a type of ceramic—something like raku but fired at a much higher temperature. The pieces are pulled from the kiln with tongs (hikidasu means “pulling out”) and quickly cooled, which causes the glaze to develop its characteristic color (guro means “black”).