ORIENTATIONS
The Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art
March, 2008

Gallery News

One the highlights among the Asian ceramics is Richard Gien's show. Organic Forms by Pure Hands is a freely moulded Japanese stoneware bowl, probably from the 16th or 17th century. When viewed from a certain angle, the bowl seems to take on the appearance of a cabbage leaf.

Bowl
Japan, probably 16th / 17th century
Stoneware
Diameter 17.8 cm
Richard Gien

 

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