Live Auction 9555Asobi: Ingenious Creativity Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary And Ceramics from the Collection of Bernard Leach
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
Lot 158

Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)

CIRCA 1950

Closed15 October 2013

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GBP 875

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Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
Circa 1950
A soya bottle with loop handle, spout and cover, decorated in tenmoku and kaki glazes
8.5cm. high

Bernard Leach

Specialist note

With a signed, handwritten note by Janet Leach stating 'Shoji Hamada Pot for Soya Sauce'.

This bottle was given by Shoji Hamada to Bernard Leach and was one of several pieces which he used regularly.