Terumasa Ikeda, "Data Tunnel” Pentagonal Tea Caddy - 電光五角中次, 2023 | Ippodo Gallery

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Terumasa Ikeda Japan, 1987

"Data Tunnel” Pentagonal Tea Caddy - 電光五角中次, 2023

Urushi Lacquer, Cypress, Mother-of-Pearl, Turbo Snail Pearl
H3 1/4 x W2 1/4 x D2 1/8 in
H8.25 x W5.8 x D5.5 cm
C25707P

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Alluding to a cable charged with electrical energy, Terumasa Ikeda’s pentagonal tea caddy, sculpted from kiso hinoki cypress and finished with black urushi lacquer and mother-of-pearl, is indicative of the Internet age. In Japan, the pentagon is a structure that leaves nothing divided, and acts as a ward against evil.
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