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Bowl with tenmoku glaze and floral roundels

Hamada Shōji

Artwork Details

Bowl with tenmoku glaze and floral roundels
1960
Hamada Shōji
stoneware with tenmoku glaze with wax resist floral roundels
5 7/8 x 22 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (14.92 x 56.52 x 56.52 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1964/1.81

Description

Hamada Shôji
Japan, 1894–1978
Bowl with floral roundels
Shôwa period (1926–89)
1960
Stoneware with tenmoku glaze and wax resist
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund, 1964/1.81

Subject Matter:

Wide shallow bowl.

Physical Description:

Shallow bowl with unglazed foot. Body of the bowl is decorated with a brown glaze, with circular area on interior of bowl areas where wax resist was applied and tan shows through. In these circles are painted brown stylized floral designs.

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