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Mashiko Stoneware Tokkuri, Hamada Style browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Stoneware: Pre 1980: item # 300595 Please refer to our stock # 2C-384 when inquiring.
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| Crafted in the style of Hamada Shoji (1894-1978), this handsome square Japanese ceramic sake bottle (“tokkuri”) is artfully decorated with a simple transparent wax resist design against a rich iron brown glazed background. Mid-20th century. The front and back sides of this press-molded bottle are covered with brown glaze upon which the wax resist design of a stylized leafy stalk with a mottled turquoise blossom has been painted. The brown glaze overlaps on the two undecorated sides of the bottle, which are covered in a transparent nuka glaze, leaving the effect of large stripes. The thick square foot is unglazed. Hamada Shoji is modern Japan’s most renowned potter. After studying painting and ceramics and traveling abroad, he settled in the town of Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, where he lived and worked for over fifty years. As the foremost proponent of the folk art movement, he embodied its values and believed that pots should be functional, utilitarian and traditional. Mashiko potters did not pursue artistry apart from everyday life, but tried instead to create practical beauty as a part of the items crafted to be used in daily living. Folk-craft products or “mingei,” of which this sake bottle is representative, are objects used by common people. These commonplace, functional artifacts are endowed with a beauty directly connected with their utility – a beauty that is simple, humble and unassuming. Condition is perfect. Dimensions: 10” high, 4” square. | |||||||||
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