British Art Pottery & Studio Ceramics - 3rd June 2026

Lot 582

Shoji Hamada (1894-1978), A stoneware bottle vase, circa 1960

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £5080

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Description

Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)

A stoneware bottle vase, circa 1960

rectangular shouldered form, with kaki, iron and green glazes, decorated with a cross on the front and reverse with a flower motif

with tomobako (storage box), signed Shoji and sealed Sho, inscribed Kaki-yu testu-e henko (a flat vase with kaki glaze and iron brushwork)

19.2cm high.

Provenance:

Christie's, Japanese and British 20th Century Studio Ceramics, 28 October 2014, lot 7;

private collection.