Vintage Japanese Studio Pottery MASHIKO Ceramic SAKUMA TOTARO Plate Eggplants
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Type: Octagonal Plate
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Mid 1900s
Origin/Maker: Mashiko ware attributed to Sakuma Totaro (1900-1976), a Mashiko local and Hamada Shoji's first friend when he moved to the area. From Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
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(note the story about Sakuma Totaro's mother serving eggplant for every meal for 2 months while Hamada Shoji stayed with them)
Size: 6" diameter, 1" tall
Weight: 9.6 oz (272 g)
Provenance:
Collected: Pasadena CA antique store, MAR 2023
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos.
Subject: Two eggplants (nasu) in black and kaki brown glaze on an 8-sided plate. The base was apparently molded on cloth. Cloth molded bases are common with Sakuma Totaro's work.
Location:
Vintage Japanese Studio Pottery MASHIKO Ceramic SAKUMA TOTARO Plate Eggplants
www.ebay.com/sch/xcoasterxtreme/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
See also:
Type: Octagonal Plate
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Mid 1900s
Origin/Maker: Mashiko ware attributed to Sakuma Totaro (1900-1976), a Mashiko local and Hamada Shoji's first friend when he moved to the area. From Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
www.e-yakimono.net/html/sakuma-totaro-jt.html
(note the story about Sakuma Totaro's mother serving eggplant for every meal for 2 months while Hamada Shoji stayed with them)
Size: 6" diameter, 1" tall
Weight: 9.6 oz (272 g)
Provenance:
Collected: Pasadena CA antique store, MAR 2023
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos.
Subject: Two eggplants (nasu) in black and kaki brown glaze on an 8-sided plate. The base was apparently molded on cloth. Cloth molded bases are common with Sakuma Totaro's work.
Location:
Vintage Japanese Studio Pottery MASHIKO Ceramic SAKUMA TOTARO Plate Eggplants