Genesis

2009

Not on view

Miyashita Zenji, born in Kyoto, was the eldest son of the distinguished porcelain artist Miyashita Zenju (1901–1968). By the early 1980s, Miyashita Zenji had developed his signature style of applying thin, fine layers of clay tinted in gradated hues of mineral pigment. His mature work was a modern embodiment of a classical Kyoto style associated with Heian-period (794–1185) multilayered court robes or decorated papers made for inscribing poetry.

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宮下善爾作「創世」
Title: Genesis
Artist: Miyashita Zenji (Japanese, 1939–2012)
Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
Date: 2009
Culture: Japan
Medium: Stoneware with gradated colored clay (saidei)
Dimensions: H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 16 in. (40.6 cm); D. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Halsey and Alice North, in honor of Miyashita Zenji and Hideko, 2015
Object Number: 2015.442.2
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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