Details
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978)
1922
A small pedestal cup decorated in a grey celadon glaze and a white slip with a stylised flower design, the glaze falling short of the everted foot, impressed St Ives and Sho seals inside of the foot
6.7cm. high
Provenance
Bernard Leach

Lot Essay

With a signed, handwritten note by Janet Leach stating 'Hamada - small decorated bowl - Pedistal H+S. I. stamps, 1922'.

For a similar example see Hamada Shoji - Man and His Works, Exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hamada Shoji, Mashiko, 1994-1995, p.36, no.3

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