Artwork Details
- Title
- Garden Lantern
- Artist
- Date
- 2000
- Location
- Dimensions
- overall: 18 3⁄8 x 10 1⁄2 in. (46.7 x 26.8 cm) (diam.)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- stoneware with high copper matte glaze
- Classifications
- Object Number
- 2000.65A-B
Artwork Description
Don Sprague first began to design lanterns around 1995 when his sister-in-law wanted one to keep lit in her garden in memory of her mother. The artist has continued to build lanterns, altering their shape, size, and glazing through the years. His interest in the surfaces of his pots is noticeable in the varied carvings that enrich the body of this lantern. The copper-based glaze evokes the bronze Chinese lanterns he often looks to for inspiration.