id: 170901 accession number: 2013.36 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.36 updated: 2022-05-19 09:00:17.848000 Double-Spouted Vase, c. 1960. Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922-2011). Ceramic; overall: 31.8 x 20.5 x 16 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Kathy Miller Gaphardt and Laura Miller Gruen in honor of Frederick and Mary Miller and John Paul Miller 2013.36 title: Double-Spouted Vase title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1960 creation date earliest: 1955 creation date latest: 1965 current location: creditline: Gift of Kathy Miller Gaphardt and Laura Miller Gruen in honor of Frederick and Mary Miller and John Paul Miller copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: ceramic department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922-2011) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 31.8 x 20.5 x 16 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Included in the permanent collection installation within the contemporary galleries: "Toshiko Takaezu: Form without Function" --- PROVENANCE Given to John Paul Miller by the artist, Toshiko Takaezu date: footnotes: citations: Inherited by Kathy Gaphardt and Laura Gruen from the John Paul Miller estate, 3/2013 date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This double-spouted vase was intended to be a decorative sculpture rather than a functional object. digital description: Toshiko Takaezu reformed the concept of a vessel by minimizing its functionality in her work. Here, the openings of the vase's two spouts are so reduced as to be unusable, becoming a ceramic sculpture rather than utilitarian container. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES