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塩釉色方水指
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Fresh water container (mizusashi) with checkered decoration and lacquered lid
塩釉色方水指
Hamada Shôji (Japanese, 1894–1978)
Japanese
Shôwa era
about 1960
Medium/Technique
Salt glazed stoneware with white slip, cobalt blue, iron brown, and incise decoration; lacquer lid with a saltglazed stoneware knob with cobalt blue
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 18.1 x 17.5 cm (7 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Edward A. Studzinski
Accession Number2012.75
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsCeramics
Signed
蓋裏「塩釉色方水指／蓋付／庄司」 (墨書)
Marks
蓋裏「庄」（白文方印）
Provenance2011, sold by a collector/dealer in Tokyo to Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., New York; 2012, sold by Joan B. Mirviss to the MFA. (Accession date: March 28, 2012)