Ceramic Open Book on Red Cushion A: Ceramic book white painted top, blue painted bottom with black stripes on spine. Shaped as if book is open in the middle, black hiragana iroha alphabet characters on top: "i, ro, ha, ni, ho, he, to, chi" (now that I can smell color, but ...) in old alphabet style that simulates a poem and black ink grass writing: "teshu" (calligraphy practice book) on white background on blue cover of book. B: Red silk crepe cushion, 5.57" X 5" . Silk is hand sewn around padding.

1996.010.151