Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)

MADE AT THE ST. IVES POTTERY 1920-1923

Details

Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
Made at the St. Ives Pottery 1920-1923
The stoneware jar with red clay body incised with a band of floral patterns through a covering of pale cream slip, the vessel dipped in translucent brown glaze to just short of the foot, Sho seal and St. Ives mark to base
12.5cm. high

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, The English Arts and Crafts Movement and Hamada Shoji, (Japan, 1997-8), no.156

Exhibited

Hamada Shoji - Man and His Works, Mashiko, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hamada Shoji, Oct.1994-April 1995, no.2
The English Arts and Crafts Movement and Hamada Shoji, Japan, 1997-8

Lot Essay

It was only during the three years between 1920-1923 that Hamada signed his work, using his Sho seal in combination with the St.Ives seal of the Leach pottery.

The decoration technique is that of the Chinese Cizhou wares of the Yuan period.

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