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Hamada Shōji
Press-Moulded Square Bottle1955-1960

Not on view
Ceramic flask-shaped vessel with a square body, brick-red and dark-brown glaze, and a large expressive East Asian brushwork character in creamy white on the front face

Hamada Shōji, Press-Moulded Square Bottle, 1955-1960, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Laura Andreson, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hamada Shōji
Japan, 1894-1978
Title
Press-Moulded Square Bottle
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1955-1960
Medium
Stoneware; kaki overglaze
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 6 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (24.2 x 15.6 x 7.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Laura Andreson
Accession Number
M.85.271
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Lauria, Jo; Color and Fire - Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2000.
  • Goodall, Hollis. "The 'Greater Taishō' Era: a Boiling Cultural Stew." Andon 97 (2014): 7-18.