1959.13: Square Vase with Abstract Floral Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1959.13

People

Hamada Shōji, Japanese (Kawasaki, Kanagawa-ken 1894 - 1978)

Title

Square Vase with Abstract Floral Decor

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

Shōwa period, second quarter of 20th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Shōwa era, 1926-1989

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/202891

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Temmoku-type ware; light gray stoneware with wax-resist decoration, the glazed areas with black glaze covered with iron-brown slip glaze

Dimensions

H. 23.0 cm x W. 10.0 cm x D. 10.0 cm (9 1/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of James M. Plumer

Accession Year

1959

Object Number

1959.13

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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
• Tradition and Synthesis: 19th- and 20th-Century Works from East Asia, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/22/2001 - 06/09/2002
• 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
• Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022

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