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Stoneware Jar

Shōji Hamada1961-1964

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Heavily potted grey stoneware thrown to a bulging ovoid shape with shoulder and mouth portion separately throne and luted on; heavy contracting mouth; thick bubbly treacle glaze decorated with splashes of medium brown about the shoulder and body; area just above foot covered with thinner medium-brown glaze.

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  • Title: Stoneware Jar
  • Creator: Shōji Hamada
  • Date Created: 1961-1964
  • Location Created: Japan
  • Physical Dimensions: 26.04 cm
  • Type: Ceramics
  • Rights: Bequest of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
  • Medium: Glazed stoneware
  • Art Form: Ceramics
  • Support: clay
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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