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Vase with finger pull design
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Vase with finger pull design

Hamada Shôji (Japanese, 1894–1978)
about 1950 - 1960
Place of ManufactureJapan
Medium/TechniqueStoneware
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 23 x 11 cm (9 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Eric and Esther Fortess in memory of Leo and Lillian Fortess
Accession number2016.548
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
ProvenanceBetween about 1955 and 1960, sold by the artist, Hamada Shoji, to Dr. Robert and Mieko Browne, Honolulu, HI; between about 1960 and 1965, sold by Dr. and Mrs. Browne to Leo and Lillian Fortess, Honolulu, HI; by descent, through the Fortess Family Limited Partnership, to their son, Eric Fortess, Newton, MA; 2016, gift of Eric and Esther Fortess to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)