Yashichida Oribe Four-Tiered Stacking Box (jubako)
Artist
Suzuki Goro
(Japanese, born 1941)
Date20th century
Mediumstoneware with a creamy white slip and brushed, dipped and splashed designs in black, green and coral glazes under a clear glaze
Dimensions20.3 x 20.3 x 31.8 cm (8 x 8 x 12 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineAsian Art Deaccession Fund
Object number2011.413
DescriptionSuzuki Gorō (b.1941) is one of Japan’s most talented and revered living potters, praised for his playful, creative individualism. As a ceramicist he is famous for works influenced by Oribe ware developed at the end of the 16th century. Like such classical Oribe ware, this four-tiered stacking box (jubako) is made of high-fired stoneware that is characterized by designs on white slip in dark iron-rich pigment and areas of fluid splashed, brushed and dipped dark green copper glaze, all covered with a clear glaze. Reviving as well as modernizing a whimsical variation of Oribe ware called Yashichida Oribe, Suzuki mixes traditional cross-hatching, spiral and geometric designs as well as abstracted natural vegetal and bird and animal designs with splashes of coral glaze and signature motifs. As seen here, crows (Suzuki had a pet crow as a youngster), plovers, hanging lamp bulbs and thick lines resembling tree trunks are featured among Suzuki’s favorite signature motifs. Suzuki sometimes also depicts female nudes, cars and buildings.
Photographs of the designs on the insides of three of the stacking boxes, as well as on the top and bottom of the four-tiered stacking box, are shown here.
Label TextSuzuki Gorō (b.1941) is one of Japan’s most talented and revered living potters, praised for his playful, creative individualism. As a ceramicist he is famous for works influenced by Oribe ware developed at the end of the 16th century. Like such classical Oribe ware, this four-tiered stacking box (jubako) is made of high-fired stoneware that is characterized by designs on white slip in dark iron-rich pigment and areas of fluid splashed, brushed and dipped dark green copper glaze, all covered with a clear glaze. Reviving as well as modernizing a whimsical variation of Oribe ware called Yashichida Oribe, Suzuki mixes traditional cross-hatching, spiral and geometric designs as well as abstracted natural vegetal and bird and animal designs with splashes of coral glaze and signature motifs. As seen here, crows (Suzuki had a pet crow as a youngster), plovers, hanging lamp bulbs and thick lines resembling tree trunks are featured among Suzuki’s favorite signature motifs. Suzuki sometimes also depicts female nudes, cars and buildings. Photographs of the designs on the insides of three of the stacking boxes, as well as on the top and bottom of the four-tiered stacking box, are shown here. ProvenanceLacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
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Chinese
late 11th century –early 12th century, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Chinese
12th or 13th century, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) or Southern song dynasty (1127–1279)
Chinese
12th century, Northern Song (960–1127) or Jin Dynasty (1115–1234)
