Large jar
ca. 1950
Hamada 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."
Stoneware with double glaze and trailed iron glaze
Overall h.: 9 3/8 in.
maximum: 8 7/8 in.
neck: 4 3/8 in.
Gift of Marya W. Wright in memory of Arthur F. Wright
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