Creation

Artist Akio Takamori (Japanese, 1950 - 2017)

Date1990

MediumPorcelain with glaze

DimensionsOverall: 20 1/2 × 25 × 8 1/2 inches (52.07 × 63.5 × 21.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Lennie and Jerry Berkowitz Collection

Object number2007.24

Signedin red glaze on the back side: "Akio"

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionThe front face of the ceramic vessel is in the form of a reclining female figure with legs bent and feet on the ground. The female figure's body is glazed in tones of white, red, yellow, and peach with heavy black lines outlinging the body and creating the facial features. On the interior back wall, a small female figure appears to stand on the abdomen of the reclining female figure and is similar in appearance to her. To either side of the small figure's arms are dark and light green leaves, outlined in black. A reclining male figure is depicted on the exterior of the back side of the piece with a small female figure, surrounded by dark and light green leaves, perching on the male's proper right thigh.

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