British Art Pottery - 12th December 2018
Lot 296
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) a stoneware incense box and cover
Estimate £800 - £1,200
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Description
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
a stoneware incense box and cover, circular section, covered in a tenmoku glaze, the cover with simple painted flowerhead motif in iron, unsigned, 7.5cm. diam.
Provenance
Purchased from the New Craftsman gallery, St Ives in 1991 with a note from Janet Leach stating the pot for incense was made by Hamada in 1954.
The studio pottery collection of Sara Pearch
Literature
Bernard Leach Hamada Potter, Kodansha International, plate 64 for a comparable incense box and cover illustrated.