Large Grey Bowl (circa 1925)

Shōji Hamada

stoneware, light grey slip over a darker grey glaze

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

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Classification:

Craft, Pottery

Materials:

Stoneware, Slip, Glaze

Technique:

Glazed

Dimensions:

14 x 21 cm

Accession Number:

ABDMS006510

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Scheme:

Pottery and Crafts Fund (1928-1948)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Little Gallery by the Contemporary Art Society, from its Pottery and Craft Fund (1928-48); presented to Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, 1939

Relationship:

Ernest Marsh Little Gallery, London Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Hamada met Bernard Leach in Japan, and then travelled with him to Cornwall in 1920 to help him set up his pottery at St Ives. He inspired many potters with his informal approach to decorating. This piece is typical of the work Hamada produced. Here he has used a light grey slip over a darker grey glaze, which is revealed through a number of brushstrokes.

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