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Title
Medicine box with oilspot tenmoku glaze
1973
Artist
Shiga Shigeo
Japan, Australia
1928 - 2011
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About
Shiga Shigeo is a Japanese ceramic artist who spent 13 years in New South Wales between 1966 and 1979. He first taught at the Sturt, Mittagong, and later worked at his own kiln in Terrey Hills. During the years in Australia, Shiga forged a strong working relationship with Australian potters.
Details
Date
1973
Materials used
stoneware
Dimensions
8.6 x 9.3 cm :
a - box, 4.3 x 9 cm
b - lid, 3.8 x 9.3 cm
Signature & date
Signed base, in Japanese [impressed] "Shige [artist's stamp]". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the artist 1997
Location
Not on display
Accession number
253.1997.a-b
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Shiga Shigeo
Medicine box with oilspot tenmoku glaze
Place
Where the work was made
Terrey Hills
Shown in 1 exhibition
Exhibition history
Shiga the Potter, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 Aug 1997–19 Oct 1997
Referenced in 1 publication
Bibliography
Jutta Malnic, Shiga the Potter, New York, 1983, 36, 37 (colour illus.), 72 (illus.).