Vase

USA, 1900
<p>A perfectly spherical vase with a small circular opening at the top. The body of the vase is light green, there is a dark green area around the opening. Both colors are from crystalline glazes.</p><p>A detail of the opening which has a narrow unglased white area at the rim.</p><p>The unglazed foot has "HIEBER" written on a piece of masking tape along with #210-C. The tape nearly covers sticker with $22. The accession number 2004.2.420 is written on the glase just above where the glaze ends at the unglazed foot.</p><p> </p>
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Date acquired:
Materials:
Porcelain
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Crystalline Glaze
Michael Hieber

Michael Hieber is known for production pottery. A common form is the jar, surfaced with high fire glazes.

Hieber?s glaze experimentations included bright crystalline glazes, as well as layered glazes which resemble landscapes, as seen in a jar titled Desertscape Lidded Jar, which was featured in a 1980 Ceramics Monthly article.

Hieber was a contributing writer for Ceramics Monthly.

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American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)

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