Ajiki Hiro
“Rumbling of the Sea” Teabowl (“Uminari” Wan)
2010
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Ajiki Hiro
“Rumbling of the Sea” Teabowl (“Uminari” Wan)
2010
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with brown, blue, and green salt glazes, 4 x 4 1/2 in. (10.2 x 11.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with bequest funds from Eleanor Kohn Levy
Object Number
2013.316
Ajiki Hiro exploited the random effects of salt glazing to create a surface that closely resembles churning waves at the edge of the sea. Hiro intentionally specialized in the production of the teabowl, with a particular passion for salt-glazes. He has said, "The small space embraced within your palms [when holding a teabowl] becomes a mirror to reflect both yourself and the world around you, telling a story...the tea ceremony itself offers a space and time for communication as participants share equally in the moment."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2013; Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York; the artist
Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd., "The World Between Two Hands: Teabowls of Ajiki Hiro," May 3-June 28, 2013
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Inscribed: Box inscribed: title, "Enyu wan, Uminari" [Salt-glazed Bowl, Rumbling of the Sea]; signed, artist's "Hi" mark on box side; seal, "Hiro" on box side
On View at the BMA
