#earthenware

Winnie Owens-Hart, Drum with Reptile Motif, 1993, earthenware, 10 x 11 x 10 in. (25.4 x 27.9 x 25.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Renwick Acquisitions Fund, 1998.3, © 1993, Winnie Owens-Hart

Steven Montgomery, Static Fuel, 1998, earthenware and oil paint, 27 1⁄8 x 31 1⁄2 x 68 7⁄8 in. (68.8 x 79.9 x 174.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 2000.28

Earthenware figure of a tomb guardian beast. China, Six Dynasties period, ca. 450-520.

Jamie Davis, Bottle, 1980, raku-fired and glazed earthenware, 17 1⁄2 x 6 7⁄8 in. (44.5 x 17.5 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donna and John Donaldson in memory of Jean and John Michael on the occasion of the Fifteenth Anniversary of the James Renwick Alliance and the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, 1997.109.27

Globular Vessel with Flaring Lip and Strap Handle Korean; Three Kingdoms period, early 6th century Light gray stoneware with applique handle

There are shapes that repeat themselves again and again. I was trying to find something here. It’s still a body. Part of one at least. If we peeled back everything else. This is what we would find.

Fritz, Albert. Vase. c. 1905. Earthenware and glaze, 45.7 × 15.9 × 15.9 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago.