Tilted Bank

Description

I am a Tilted Bank. You save, I get to eat. Sounds like a win-win situation to me!

Curator’s Notes

We love a product with an afterlife! To get your money out, this bank must be cracked in the traditional piggy-bank style by breaking the porcelain. Fortunately, all is not lost after you’ve spent those pennies! You can break the porcelain in a way that allows the bottom portion to be used as a planter afterwards.

Tilted Bank was curated by Angélique Chmielewski

Designer/Maker

Maker: Jicon

Designer: Masanori Oji

Specifications

Dimensions: 6.5” (w) x 6.5” (l) x 3.5” (h) or 165mm (w) x 165mm (l) x 89mm (h)

Weight: 1.2 lbs or 0.54 kg

Materials: Porcelain

Details

• Made in Japan
• Debossed Jicon logo on the bottom surface
• Coin opening along top rim
• Fragmented pieces are meant to be used as a small planter
• The brand name means “porcelain (JI) in modern times (CON)”
• Porcelain is created in the house of IMAMURA of the Touetsugama Kiln, founded 350 years ago
• The Touetsugama Kiln originated in Sasebo City in the Nagasaki prefecture but was redeployed to Arita in the Saga prefecture and succeded by IMAMURA Kenichi XIV
• The kiln makes porcelain pieces for daily life with its traditional white porcelain techniques using Amakusa Touseki (porcelain stone)