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Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) Large stoneware vase

Realised: $2,400 plus premium

Lot Details

with tetsue brushwork over nuka glaze, 22cm height Provenance: Collection of John & Marguerite Scott. Sale, A + O, Auckland, 9th October 2014 (lot 387) John Scott, a career diplomat, was appointed New Zealand Ambassador to Japan and Korea, 1965-69. During their time in Japan, Marguerite learnt Japanese, took Ikebana classes and served a term as President of the International Ladies’ Benevolent Society, raising funds for charity. She took ceramics classes herself and increased her collection of pottery with visits to local potters all over the country, taking notes about kilns, glazes and comparative techniques in a series of notebooks. Marguerite was also one of a few foreign honorary members of the Nadeshiko Kai (Wild Pink Carnation Society), an exclusive women’s society whose membership is made up of Japanese high society women, including former imperial family members.