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Box (lid)

mid-1900s

Hamada Shōji 濱田庄司

(Japanese, 1894–1978)
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Culture
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)
Medium
stoneware with brown iron oxide, and celadon glazes, and resist grid pattern decoration
Measurements
Overall: 6.3 x 14.8 x 8.3 cm (2 1/2 x 5 13/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of T. Dixon Long 2000.147.b
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontal rectangular stoneware lid is partitioned by a thick off-white grid into six irregular panes. The glaze shifts between deep chocolate and warm reddish-brown. Raised creamy lines, textured like coarse sand with dark speckles and pits, create a rustic geometric pattern across the weathered face. Two vertical bands and one horizontal bar define the sections. The dark, earthy glaze contrasts sharply with the grainy, speckled dividers.

Box (lid)

mid-1900s

Hamada Shōji

(Japanese, 1894–1978)
Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89)

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