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HAMADA SHOJI (1894-1978)
A stoneware flower vase
Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th century
The ovoid vase with an elongated neck a wide rim decorated in
underglaze iron oxide with stylized branches
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Tetsu-e kabin (Flower
vase with iron design), signed Shoji and sealed Sho
11in (27.9cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOEL M. BARISH
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HAMADA SHOJI (1894-1978)
A stoneware tea bowl
Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1960
The deep conical bowl set on a high foot and decorated in a finger-
scraped green glaze, with an impressed seal indicating the first firing
of the new year
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Shoji saku yubigaki
chawan, Mashiko hatsugama (Finger decorated tea bowl by Shoji,
First Firing of the new year, Mashiko kiln), and with a paper cover
inscribed Shoji yubigaki
5 3/4in (14.6cm) diameter

$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
Previously sold, Phillips, New York, May 17, 2000, lot 11.

Exhibited
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, “Subtle Beauty: Modern Japanese 1269
Ceramics from the Collection of Joel Barish” March-April, 2008.
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HAMADA SHOJI (1894-1978)
A stoneware flower vase
Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th century
Cylindrical with a rolled lid, the sides incised with striations and
covered in a thick, mottled glaze
With a wood tomobako storage box titledMon uchikake awase kabin,
signed Shoji, and sealed Sho
5 3/4in (14.6cm) high
$3,000 - 4,000

Provenance
Previously sold Bonhams, London, November 13, 2001, lot 21.

Exhibited
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, “Subtle Beauty: Modern Japanese
Ceramics from the Collection of Joel Barish,” March-April, 2008.

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