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Lot 156

A pair of glazed stoneware teabowls
By Hamada Shoji (1894-1978), 20th century

16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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A pair of glazed stoneware teabowls

By Hamada Shoji (1894-1978), 20th century
Each of conical form with a thin moulded band in relief, the exterior covered with a tenmoku over kaki glaze with black spots and the interior pale grey nuka glaze expanding over the rim. 6.4cm x 9.5cm (2½in x 3¾in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Ida and Val Burati Collection.

Published
Karol Kirberger Rodriguez, 'Shoji Hamada and the Burati Collection', Master's thesis, Columbia Visual Arts College, 1984, p.57, illus.36.

Val Burati, an American citizen, arrived in Japan in 1948, and with his wife Ida, became a great admirer of the works of Hamada Shoji. They visited his kiln in Mashiko several times between 1948 and 1951, purchasing many ceramic wares from the studio.

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