Studio Pottery Including The Estate of Richard Batterham - 23rd March 2023
Lot 575
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) a stoneware vase
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000
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Description
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
a stoneware vase, shouldered form with collar rim, the shoulder with paddle impressions, The body resist decorated with a flower stem, glazed in tenmoku under iron to shoulder and rim,
unsigned,
26.5cm. high
Provenance
Shoji Hamada, Hay Hill, 1963 purchased by Richard Batterham.
The Estate of Richard Batterham.
Catalogue notes
Richard noted that he was rather unsure of the vase, but telephoned the next day to purchase it for £70.
Literature
The Retrospective Exhibition of Shoji Hamada, 16th April to June 5th 1977, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo page 65 catalogue number 105 for an identical vjar with iron glaze over wax resist with beaten pattern, dated 1943.