Tsuki no shimo (Moon Frost Tea Bowl)
Fukumoto Fuku, Tsuki no shimo (Moon Frost Tea Bowl), 2017, porcelain with seams of blue and yellow glaze, Gift of Mark Huey and Wayne Wiegand in honor of Maribeth Graybill, © unknown, research required, 2019.65.9
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- Title
Tsuki no shimo (Moon Frost Tea Bowl)
- Related Titles
original language: 月の霜
translated: Moon Frost
transliterated: Tsuki no shimo
- Artist
- Date
2017
- Period
Japan: Heisei period (1989-2019)
- Medium
porcelain with seams of blue and yellow glaze
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
3 3/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 5 3/8 in
- Collection Area
Asian Art
- Category
Ceramics
Modern and Contemporary Ceramics
Containers and Vessels
Gathering, Preparation, and Serving
- Object Type
ceramic
tea bowl
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Gift of Mark Huey and Wayne Wiegand in honor of Maribeth Graybill
- Accession Number
2019.65.9
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
From Objects of Contact: Encounters between Japan and the West
Fukumoto Fuku's thin-walled, distinctive porcelains strike a balance between functional vessels and sculpture. She builds them from separately thrown forms, which are fired a second time with rings of glaze joining the stacked pieces. Fukumoto often grants her pieces titles—usually named after the sun, moon, or stars. Her work belongs to a continuing dialogue poised between the craft tradition of ceramics made for a utilitarian purpose, and the shift toward ceramic sculptural art championed by artists of the Sōdeisha movement in the 1950s.
- Exhibitions
2020 Objects of Contact: Encounters between Japan and the West Portland Art Museum
