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Bowl with tenmoku glaze and floral roundels

Accession Number
1964/1.81

Title
Bowl with tenmoku glaze and floral roundels

Artist(s)
Hamada Shōji

Object Creation Date
1960

Medium & Support
stoneware with tenmoku glaze with wax resist floral roundels

Dimensions
5 7/8 x 22 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (14.92 x 56.52 x 56.52 cm)

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

Label copy

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.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bowl

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

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Keywords
bowl
bowls (vessels)
ceramic ware (visual works)
floral patterns
stoneware (pottery)

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