Shoji Hamada
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A square stoneware bottle/vase, Japan, 1960s.
Short neck, the upper part glazed in an eggshell coloured glaze, the lower part with an overlapping tenmoku glaze. Height 23 cm.
Provenance
Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm an exhibition "Fjärran Östern- stor konthantverksutställning med övervägande japanskt konsthantverk", (The Far East- an extensive show with primarily Japanese works of art) the autumn of 1966.The original receipt from October 8th 1966 is present. This was bought for the amount of 725 sek. This vase is marked with a label with the number 10 and a red dot which suggests that the vase had number 10 at the exhibition.
Lars Wetterling Collection.
Literature
Bernard Leach, "Hamada Potter", Kodansha International, Tokyo 1975/1990, compare illustrations 35, 38.