Item - Jar for tea ceremony

ID UNSW CE 2005/0923 (100124)
Artist Shoji HAMADA (1894 - 1978)
Title Jar for tea ceremony
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Category Ceramic
Medium earthenware
Materials earthenware, manganese oxide and grey glaze
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 16.00
  Width 16.50
  Depth 14.50
  Other
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  Location nil
  Signed no
Produced  
  When
  Where Australia, NSW, Kensington, UNSW
Style Sino-Japanese
Subject tea ceremony jar
Credit Line Former collection of the UNSW Dept. of Industrial Arts; acquired from the Faculty of the Built Environment, 1997.
Description/Remarks    Thrown earthenware narrow footed, straight sided ovoid jar. Manganese oxide and grey over-glaze; impressed cross hatch decoration around body; 2 lugs at lip. Production crack at base, length:129mm, depth: 5mm.
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