MORI TŌGAKU
Lozenge-shaped unglazed earthenware vessel with raised mouth and vertical bands of oxidized silver with incised lines, 1977
Unglazed earthenware with oxidized silver
6 x 8 x 4 1/2 in.
Further images
Literature
Other examples of silver patterning:Mori Tōgaku no zenbōten: Akunaki chosen no kiseki [Complete Picture of Mori Tōgaku: Trajectory of Insatiable Challenges]. Okayama: Setouchi City Museum, 2016, pp. 57-59.
References:
Earle, Joe. New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 2017, pp. 28-29.
Mori Tōgaku. Vol. 49 of Toh. Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin, 1992.
Shimizu, Christine. Tōji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise. Paris: Editions de la rèunion des musèes nationaux, 2006, p. 199-201.