Accession Number
1967/2.10

Title
Rectangular bottle with drip glaze design

Artist(s)
Hamada Shōji

Object Creation Date
circa 1967

Medium & Support
stoneware with iron drip glaze over white glaze

Dimensions
7 5/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in (19.37 cm x 12.38 cm x 6.99 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Shoji Hamada

Label copy
Hamada Sho ̄ji
Japan, 1894–1978

Rectangular bottle with drip glaze pattern
Sho ̄wa period (1926–89)
ca. 1967
Stoneware with iron and white glazes
Gift of Dr. Sho ̄ji Hamada, 1967/2.10
Hamada Sho ̄ji presented this bottle to UMMA when he received an honorary doctoral degree from the
University of Michigan in 1967. During his stay in Ann Arbor, he gave several demonstrations at the School
of Art; a film of one such demonstration shows the artist vigorously throwing pots at the age of seventy-three
before an awed audience.

Subject matter
Stoneware bottle

Physical Description
This rectangular clay bottle has a speckled white glaze that seems to highlight the texture of the stoneware underneath. Three dripped, irregular lines of black glaze create a design on the top, spout, and widest two faces of the bottle.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bottle

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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