Nagasaki

Artist Richard T. Notkin (American, born 1948)

Date1987

MediumStoneware (Yixing ware)

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 16 × 5 3/4 inches (16.51 × 40.64 × 14.61 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Lennie and Jerry Berkowitz Collection in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Object number2019.21.18.1-3

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Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionA vessel in the shape of a human anatomical heart. Glazed in thick black, tar-like texture. A based is in the shape of the shadow of the heart.

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