Hiroko Koyama
Hiroko Koyama
began black bowl colored mother pieces precious rainbow tea
Many of these were the first pieces my mother began collecting. One of the most precious is an 11th-century glazed black tea bowl with rainbow colored spots.
alexander asia asian brought buddha east eastern effect great greek influence invaded meeting prime profound represents statues
This Buddha represents the meeting of East and West. When Alexander the Great invaded Eastern Asia he brought with him a Greek influence that had a profound effect on the way Asian statues would come to be sculpted. This is a prime example.