HAMADA SHOJI (1894-1978), An Octagonal Stoneware Flower Vase
The eight-sided, tall vase with bulbous body and slender neck with everted rim, decorated overall in a dripped greenish-brown glaze falling unevenly towards the base, forming large pools around the foot, shell stilt marks to the base; in fitted wood storage box (tomobako) with attestation by Hamada's son Hamada Shinsaku (b. 1929): Shoji saku (made by Shoji), sealed Sho, and titled Ameyu mentori kabin (Flower vase with chamfered sides and brown glaze) and signed Shinsaku shiki
27.7 cm. (107⁄8 in.) high (the vase)
31.5 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm. (123⁄8 x 53⁄8 x 53⁄8 in.) (the fitted box)
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The eight-sided, tall vase with bulbous body and slender neck with everted rim, decorated overall in a dripped greenish-brown glaze falling unevenly towards the base, forming large pools around the foot, shell stilt marks to the base; in fitted wood storage box (tomobako) with attestation by Hamada's son Hamada Shinsaku (b. 1929): Shoji saku (made by Shoji), sealed Sho, and titled Ameyu mentori kabin (Flower vase with chamfered sides and brown glaze) and signed Shinsaku shiki
27.7 cm. (107⁄8 in.) high (the vase)
31.5 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm. (123⁄8 x 53⁄8 x 53⁄8 in.) (the fitted box)
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