Spouted Bowl
1985 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007) was the leading disciple and student of Hamada Shoji (1894-1978), whom he succeeded as the pre-eminent potter of Mashiko, the ceramic-producing town northeast of Tokyo which Hamada made his home in 1924 on his return from having helped Bernard Leach (1887-1979) establish the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwall. Shimaoka, like Hamada before him, was well known outside Japan as well as within, and in 1996 was appointed a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government.
The hallmark of Shimaoka's work was his use of rope-impressed patterning. While this was partly a result of his father having been a rope-maker, it was more to do with the fact that the area of Japan in which Mashiko is situated is home to numerous prehistoric sites once occupied by the Jomon (lit. 'cord pattern') people, whose name is derived from the rich variety of earthenwares decorated with rope-impressed patterns that was a key characteristic of their culture.
The hallmark of Shimaoka's work was his use of rope-impressed patterning. While this was partly a result of his father having been a rope-maker, it was more to do with the fact that the area of Japan in which Mashiko is situated is home to numerous prehistoric sites once occupied by the Jomon (lit. 'cord pattern') people, whose name is derived from the rich variety of earthenwares decorated with rope-impressed patterns that was a key characteristic of their culture.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with rope-impressed decoration and natural ash and salt glazes |
| Brief description | Spouted bowl (katakuchi), stoneware with rope-impressed decoration under ash and salt glazes; made by Shimaoka Tatsuzo, Mashiko, Japan, Showa period, 1985 |
| Physical description | Spouted bowl (katakuchi) of stoneware. Deep rounded form narrowing just below rounded everted rim; open spout with small clay buttons on either side. Regularly thrown from coarse clay with a high proportion of quartz / feldspar particles; spout attached over round hole cut away below rim; rope impressions on upper sides; turning marks on lower sides; heavy turned footring with deep cavetto and bevelled exterior. Pale ash glaze settling from one direction which covers over half of the exterior, all the way round inside the mouthrim, and the bottom and lower sides of the interior; glossy orange sheen to all other parts indicative of salt glazing. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Maker's mark impressed above footring. |
| Gallery label | SPOUTED BOWL
Stoneware with salt and ash glazes over rope-impressed decoration
Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-)
1985
FE.4-1986
Gift of the Satoh Artcraft Research and Scholarship Foundation(as at 2005) |
| Credit line | Given by the Satoh Artcraft Research and Scholarship Foundation, Tokyo |
| Summary | Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007) was the leading disciple and student of Hamada Shoji (1894-1978), whom he succeeded as the pre-eminent potter of Mashiko, the ceramic-producing town northeast of Tokyo which Hamada made his home in 1924 on his return from having helped Bernard Leach (1887-1979) establish the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwall. Shimaoka, like Hamada before him, was well known outside Japan as well as within, and in 1996 was appointed a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government. The hallmark of Shimaoka's work was his use of rope-impressed patterning. While this was partly a result of his father having been a rope-maker, it was more to do with the fact that the area of Japan in which Mashiko is situated is home to numerous prehistoric sites once occupied by the Jomon (lit. 'cord pattern') people, whose name is derived from the rich variety of earthenwares decorated with rope-impressed patterns that was a key characteristic of their culture. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.4-1986 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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