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Slab-built tenmoku platter
Slab-built tenmoku platter
Slab-built tenmoku platter

Slab-built tenmoku platter

NamePlatter
Maker Taeko Tanaka (Japanese American, 1929 - 2019)
Datemid-1980s
Place madeMinnesota, United States, North America
MediumCeramic, tenmoku glaze.
Dimensions2 3/16 × 12 3/16 × 10 5/8 in. (5.5 × 31 × 27 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Karen F. Beall and Dale K. Haworth, A.2016.51.5
Object numberA.2016.51.5
DescriptionRectangular platter with slight curve. Black and brown glaze. Abstract pattern of large brown "drips" and large brown stripe, on black ground. Low gloss glaze.
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