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2006/70/1 Sculpture, 'Alpaca', stoneware, Yasuhisa Kohyama, Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia, 2004. Click to enlarge.
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'Alpaca' by Yasuhisa Kohyama

Yasuhisa Kohyama (b. 1936) is an important ceramic artist whose work is informed by traditional techniques of historical potters from Shigaraki in Japan, his place of birth. He fires his ceramics in wood-fired kilns. Each firing takes about two weeks. He built and fired the work in an Anagama or dragon kiln during a period as an artist in residence at the Sturt Craft Centre in Mittagong, NSW in 2004. Although similar to work he produced in his studio in Japan, the colours and shapes are a …

Summary

Object No.

2006/70/1

Object Statement

Sculpture, 'Alpaca', stoneware, Yasuhisa Kohyama, Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia, 2004

Physical Description

A rounded, hollow stoneware artwork which has been wood-fired. It has a short open neck extending from one side at the top of the body and and two solid legs, one of which extends from the base of the rounded body. The piece is coloured from pale apricot at the base to deep brown and red at the top. Marked on base.

Marks

Stamped on base with artists monogram.

Short URL

https://ma.as/358809

Dimensions

Height

390 mm

Width

350 mm

Depth

240 mm

Source

Credit Line

Gift of Yasuhisa Kohyama, 2005

Acquisition Date

15 May 2006

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Wikipedia

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