Maryann Webster

American, b. 1947

Samurai Surfer Tea Bowl
2004

Porcelain with china paint
2.875 x 5.25 x 5.25 in.
Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
2004.49

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This object has the following keywords:

• blue
• fish
• man
• samurai - Members of a class of military retainers of the daimios in feudal Japan, or any members of the Japanese military caste.
• water - A liquid made up of molecules of hydrogen and oxygen (HO2). When pure, it is colorless, tasteless, and odorless. It exists in gaseous, liquid, and solid forms; it is liquid at room temperature. It is the liquid of which seas, lakes, and rivers are composed, and which falls as rain. Water is one of the most plentiful and essential of compounds. It is vital to life, participating in virtually every process that occurs in plants and animals. One of its most important properties is its ability to dissolve many other substances. The versatility of water as a solvent is essential to living organisms. The term "water" is typically used to refer to the liquid form of this compound; for the solid or gaseous forms, use "ice" or "water vapor."
• wave
• white

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Ceramic Case 5: Utah Ceramic Teachers (left) & USU Visiting Artists (right) , 8/17/2012 - 10/16/2013
• Ceramic Niches - Bowls Fall 2018 , 9/15/2018 - 12/15/2018