Live Auction 7316The Japanese Aesthetic
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
Lot 92

Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)

MADE AT THE ST. IVES POTTERY 1920-1923

Closed7 November 2012

Price Realised

GBP 2,750

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Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
Made at the St. Ives Pottery 1920-1923
The stoneware jar with red clay body incised with a band of floral patterns through a covering of pale cream slip, the vessel dipped in translucent brown glaze to just short of the foot, Sho seal and St. Ives mark to base
12.5cm. high

Specialist note

It was only during the three years between 1920-1923 that Hamada signed his work, using his Sho seal in combination with the St.Ives seal of the Leach pottery.

The decoration technique is that of the Chinese Cizhou wares of the Yuan period.