Large jar
Dateca. 1950
Maker
Hamada Shо̄ji
Japanese, 1894-1978
Label TextHamada Shoji was the most influential of the so-called mingei or "folkcraft" potters of the 20th century. The mingei movement recognized visual and spiritual beauty in the functional objects of the nameless potter. Japanese folkcraft pottery experienced a boom in the 1950s and 1960s, when Shoji acquired substantial fame as the embodiment of the "unknown craftsman."
Object number99.12
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Textures of Daily Life: Art from Japan,
July 9 - Oct. 21, 2003.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Exceptionally Ordinary: Mingei 1920–2020, Dec. 14, 2019 - Sept. 6, 2021.Credit LineGift of Marya W. Wright in memory of Arthur F. Wright
DimensionsOverall h.: 9 3/8 in.
maximum: 8 7/8 in.
neck: 4 3/8 in.
MediumStoneware with double glaze and trailed iron glaze
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