Wave (Nami)

Artist: Kondō Takahiro, Japanese, born 1958
Period: Reiwa period, 2019–
Date: 2021
Material: Marblelized porcelain with silver-mist overglaze
made in: Kyoto, Kyoto urban prefecture, Japan, Asia
Classification: Ceramics, sculpture
Collection: Asian Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 225
Dimensions: 18 1/8 × 7 × 4 1/2 in. (46 × 17.8 × 11.4 cm)
Credit Line: William K. Bixby Trust for Asian Art
Rights: © Kondō Takahiro
Object Number: 248:2022

2021 - 2022
Collection of the artist, Kyōto, Japan [1]

2022 - 11/28/2022
Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd. [Joan B. Mirviss (born 1952)], New York, NY, consigned by the artist [2]

11/28/2022 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd. [3]

Notes:
[1] This object was first viewed by Philip Hu, curator of Asian art, on March 23 at the exhibition "Kondō Takahiro: Making Waves" (March 16–April 22, 2022) held at the gallery of Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York during the Asia Week art fair.

[2] Invoice dated November 29, 2022 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 28, 2022.

[3] See note 2.

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