113. Mitch Yung, wood-fired moon jar–shaped pot with inlaid Mishima-style design
Dark stoneware clay, inlaid porcelain slip; the interior of the pot was glazed; colors from wood-firing. Weight: 818 g (1.8 lb). Rim diameter: 8.5 cm (3-3/8 in); maximum diameter: 13.3 cm (5-1/2 in); foot ring diameter: 7.8 cm (3-1/8 in). Height: 14.3 cm (5-5/8 in).
“Moon jar” is Yung’s description of the shape.
This sits on the base of the foot ring. The foot ring is 1.2 cm (1/2 in) high on the exterior and about half that depth on the interior. Above the foot, the walls rise in a continuous convex arc to the neck. The maximum diameter of 13.3 cm (5-1/2 in) lies 7.6 cm (3 in) above the base. At the bottom the neck is 9.3 cm (3-5/8 in) in diameter and lies 12.7 cm (5 in) above the base. The walls of the neck angle inward slightly in a straight line to the rim.
The interior of the pot was glazed; it has been colored by the wood-firing. The exterior is unglazed. The design was inlaid in the Mishima style; the surface of the pot was incised and stamped to form depressions, the area was coated with a white porcelain slip, and the excess slip removed leaving the depressions filled. Encircling the body of the pot are three long sprigs of leaves on a stem (think rosemary). Three flower shapes mark the end and beginning of each pair of sprigs. Above this are two narrow bands around the circumference of the pot. Between these bands and the neck of the pot is a block of small, repeated geometric shapes in vertical bands. The artist’s mark, a capital “Y,” appears within this block. This was wood fired. One side of the pot has an ash deposit that obscures the inlaid design. The side of the pot with the ash deposit has a glossy surface from melted ash. The exterior surface is rough to the touch.
Nice rich colors from the wood-firing. A well-shaped pot. The curves of the sprigs echo the curves of the pot. The design is a nice combination of sinuous curves and more rigid shapes.
Purchased from the artist, June 2021.
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