USA, ca. Early 2000s. A stunning ceramic vessel with lid by Japanese-born American potter Hideaki Miyamura (b. 1955). Featuring a porcelain clay body with controlled white crackle glaze. The distinctive, crackle patterning is a result of meticulous consideration for clay body and form, glaze chemistry and application, firing and cooling. Signed by the artist, the piece is in excellent condition.

Born in Nigata, Japan, son to an architect and civil engineer, Hideaki Miyamura had first aspired to be a medical doctor–however, the education proving too costly, he decided to move to the US to study Art History at Western Michigan University. After college, he was ultimately drawn to ceramics, returning to Japan to study with master potter Shurei Miura of Yamanashi Prefecture.

Inspired by traditional Chinese “tenmoku” glazing, Hideaki methodically experimented with different formulations during his 5-year apprenticeship in Yamanashi–using over ten-thousand test pieces to develop his own precise, unique formulas. In combination with an innovative approach to form, Miyamura has yielded a truly singular aesthetic throughout his extensive body of work. Based in New Hampshire, his work can be found in both private and public collections including the Museum of Arts & Design in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

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