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A rectangular shaped plate with eight circular patterns. The rim is slightly flared out to create the concave shape. The top surface is unglazed, scorched to an intense red. The bottom does not have foot. In the kiln, the thick clay slabs were stacked close together so that the floating ash landed on the edge of the plate facing the flame. The circular patterns are areas that were protected from the flame by cylinder clay spacers.
Takahashi Rakusai III (Japanese (culture or style))
Shigaraki ware plate
1955 – 1965
Museum Purchase
1963/2.76
The vase uses Shigaraki clay and the wood-firing process.  The deformities and imperfections are intentional, and in Iga style.  It has a lopsided lip edge at the top, with a deep indentation circling the vase just below it.  The texture of this piece is splotchy and ridged, and the colors are earth tones, ranging from tans to dark, forest greens.
Takahashi Rakusai III (Japanese (culture or style))
Shigaraki Ware Flower Vase
1960 – 1963
Museum Purchase
1963/2.77
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