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Stoneware Vase (1931)

Shōji Hamada

stoneware, thrown, trimmed and carved, with off-white glaze

Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London

Stoneware Vase (1931)

Photo credit: Victoria and Albert Museum

Details

Classification:

Ceramic, Craft, Pottery

Materials:

Stoneware

Physical Object Description:

Tall bottle with roughly carved, evenly faceted exterior, wide-rimmed mouth, off-white glaze covering all but very bottom of footring. Bottle, stoneware with faceted sides, off-white glaze, Japan, Mashiko, by Hamada Shoji, circa 1931.

Technique:

Glazed

Dimensions:

32.7 x 15.7 (diameter) cm

Accession Number:

CIRC.348-1939

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Ownership history:

Purchased by Ernest Marsh (1863-1945) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Pottery and Crafts Fund; presented to Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London, 1938/9

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