Accession Number
1980/2.222

Title
Drawing of a jar

Artist(s)
Hamada Shōji

Object Creation Date
1967

Medium & Support
ink on paper, unmounted

Dimensions
12 1/2 in x 19 3/8 in (31.75 cm x 49.21 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the Ann Arbor Potters Guild

Label copy
Hamada Sho ̄ji
Japan, 1894–1978
Sho ̄wa period (1926–89)
1967
Ink on paper
Gift of the Ann Arbor Potters Guild, 1980/2.219–222
During his 1967 stay in Ann Arbor, Hamada Sh ji visited and did
demonstrations at the Ann Arbor Potters Guild, where he left the
witty drawings and calligraphy works on view in this case.

Subject matter
Ink painting/sketch of a jar.

Physical Description
Ink painting on paper of footed vase or jar with design. Calligraphic text is to the right of the image, most likely a signature.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Additional Object Classification(s)
Painting

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
calligraphy (process)
drawing (metalworking)
ink
jars
sketches