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Stoneware Vase (Bottle) (circa 1935)

Shōji Hamada

iron slip covered stoneware with slip-trailed decoration under a clear glaze

Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London

Stoneware Vase (Bottle) (circa 1935)

© the artist Photo credit: Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Details

Classification:

Craft, Pottery, Ceramic

Materials:

Stoneware

Physical Object Description:

Bottle, iron slip covered stoneware with slip-trailed decoration under a clear glaze; made by Hamada Shoji, Japan (Mashiko), about 1935. Vase of stoneware, pear-shaped with narrow neck and broad high foot. Decorated with stylised plants and characters in freely applied slip.

Technique:

Glazed

Dimensions:

35 x 20.3 x 20.6 cm

Accession Number:

C.33-1943

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1943

Ownership history:

Purchased by Ernest Marsh (1863-1945) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Pottery and Crafts Fund, 1938; presented to Victoria & Albert Museum, Ceramics Collection, London, 1943

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