HAMADA SHOJI (1894-1978)


A stoneware tea bowlShowa era (1926-1989), circa 1960The deep conical bowl set on a high foot and decorated in a finger-scraped green glaze, with an impressed seal indicating the first firing of the new yearWith a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Shoji saku yubigaki chawan, Mashiko hatsugama (Finger decorated tea bowl by Shoji, First Firing of the new year, Mashiko kiln), and with a paper cover inscribed Shoji yubigaki 5 3/4in (14.6cm) diameter
|ProvenancePreviously sold, Phillips, New York, May 17, 2000, lot 11.ExhibitedNevada Museum of Art, Reno, "Subtle Beauty: Modern Japanese Ceramics from the Collection of Joel Barish" March-April, 2008.