Rare Signed Hamada Shoji Japanese Mashiko Studio Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl w/ Box
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Type: Large Tea Bowl (Chawan)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: 1930s
Origin/Maker: Attributed to Hamada Shoji, named a Living National Treasure (LNT), of Mashiko, Japan. With a very rare stamped 田 mark on the base. Hamada Shoji was famous for not signing his works (only the boxes were signed; he considered his art to be its own signature), but some of his earliest works were marked like this. With a signed tomobako (box)
Size: 3-7/8" tall (9.843 cm), 4-3/4" diameter (12.065 cm)
Weight: 13.6 oz (386 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Ibaraki, Japan, 20 NOV 2023
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips. Some light surface wear. The tomobako lid has a repaired piece of wood (maybe the original was insect damaged). As a result the left side of the seal is missing (it appears they tried to salvage some of the original seal and glue the remnants back in place on the new wood strip).
Subject: An unusual, early, "田" marked Hamada Shoji chawan.
Robert Yellin Yakimono Gallery (RYYG) had a similarly marked piece, which is coincidentally shown together with a yunomi with the same pattern:
https://japanesepottery.com/.../extremely-rare-hamada.../
Here this mark from his early career is called a hatsugama “庄” mark:
https://japanese-ceramics.com/sample-page/
With four flower designs around the outside of the bowl
Location:
Rare Signed Hamada Shoji Japanese Mashiko Studio Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl w/ Box
www.ebay.com/sch/xcoasterxtreme/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
See also:
Type: Large Tea Bowl (Chawan)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: 1930s
Origin/Maker: Attributed to Hamada Shoji, named a Living National Treasure (LNT), of Mashiko, Japan. With a very rare stamped 田 mark on the base. Hamada Shoji was famous for not signing his works (only the boxes were signed; he considered his art to be its own signature), but some of his earliest works were marked like this. With a signed tomobako (box)
Size: 3-7/8" tall (9.843 cm), 4-3/4" diameter (12.065 cm)
Weight: 13.6 oz (386 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Ibaraki, Japan, 20 NOV 2023
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips. Some light surface wear. The tomobako lid has a repaired piece of wood (maybe the original was insect damaged). As a result the left side of the seal is missing (it appears they tried to salvage some of the original seal and glue the remnants back in place on the new wood strip).
Subject: An unusual, early, "田" marked Hamada Shoji chawan.
Robert Yellin Yakimono Gallery (RYYG) had a similarly marked piece, which is coincidentally shown together with a yunomi with the same pattern:
https://japanesepottery.com/.../extremely-rare-hamada.../
Here this mark from his early career is called a hatsugama “庄” mark:
https://japanese-ceramics.com/sample-page/
With four flower designs around the outside of the bowl
Location:
Rare Signed Hamada Shoji Japanese Mashiko Studio Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl w/ Box