Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts

Kenzan Ware: Practical Vessel A section dedicated to the art of “chanoyu”, meaning “hot water for tea” in Japanese, and also known as tea ceremony is located in the “Asia: Paintings and Decorative Arts” room at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts. Within a glass case, there are four objects on display, signifying few of the many vessels used for a tea ceremony. Many of them were created during or near a same time frame: Edo period, Japan, which spans from 1615 to 1868. One of them

Museum Paper I went to the Cantor Center for Visual Arts on Stanford Campus on 2/28/13. I saw a lot of sculptures and vases there. They are very beautiful and interested. The most interested one I think was Kleophon Painter, “Volute Krater”, ca. 430 BCE, Greece, red-figure terra cotta vase, size 26’ ¾” * 19’ *19’. Hazel D. Hansen Fund, 12, 1972 Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. This vase is located in the Iris & B Gerald Cantor Center from the classical period between 479-323 BCE