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Mashiko Stoneware Sake Bottle, Hamada Style browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Stoneware: Pre 1980: item # 312154 Please refer to our stock # 2C-383 when inquiring.
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| Crafted in the style of Hamada Shoji (1894-1978), this striking square Japanese ceramic sake bottle (“tokkuri”) is artfully decorated with a simple transparent wax resist design against a richly mottled turquoise glazed background. Mid-20th century. The front and back sides of this press-molded bottle are decorated with the wax resist design of a stylized leafy stalk with a white slip blossom. The transmutation effects from the kiln have left numerous random mottled spots of dark turquoise which are particularly attractive against the light turquoise ground. 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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