Studio Pottery Including The Estate of Richard Batterham - 23rd March 2023
Lot 574
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) a stoneware jug
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1100
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Description
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
a stoneware jug, waisted form with applied strap handle, painted in resist with three bands of leaf motif, in cobalt blue on a salt-glaze grey ground,
unsigned
21.5cm. high
Provenance
Shoji Hamada, Hay Hill, 1963, purchased by Richard Batterham.
The Estate of Richard Batterham.
Literature
The Retrospective Exhibition of Shoji Hamada, 16th April to June 5th 1977, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo page 116 catalogue number 190 for an identical salt-glaze jug with Chinese Cobalt dated to 1960.