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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.514
People
Hamada Shōji, Japanese (Kawasaki, Kanagawa-ken 1894 - 1978)
Title
Wide-Mouthed Ovoid Vase with Sugarcane Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Shōwa period, circa 1965-1970
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Shōwa era, 1926-1989
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202273

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under translucent light bluish green glaze
Technique
Glazed
Dimensions
H. 25.0 cm x Diam. 21.5 cm (9 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.514
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
  • Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005

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