Small Porcelain Beaker or Vase with Tenmoku Glaze
MakerMade by
Chris Keenan
(born 1960)
StudentTaught by
Edmund de Waal
(Nottingham, England, born 1964)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date2001-2003
Object NameBeaker
MediumLimoges porcelain, celadon and tenmoku
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter of base): 90 × 38mm
Rim (Diameter): 49mm
Rim (Diameter): 49mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.247
About MeThis small porcelain beaker, or vase, is of a cylindrical form tapering towards the base. Outside it has been glazed in a dark olive green, almost brown, tenmoku glaze and decorated with a prominent raised clay 'slash' which is light rust brown in colour. The interior is glazed in a pale green-blue celadon glaze.Tenmoku is a Japanese term for a glaze originating in East Asia, which usually is lustrous black or treacle-brown in colour. Celadon also originated in East Asia (China) and is frequently found in shades of pale green. However colours can range from pale pearl blue to dark olive green depending on the quantity of iron oxide added to the glaze before it is fired.
