Shoji Hamada (Japanese 1894-1978), a stoneware bottle vase of squared rectangular form with a short tapering neck, decorated in a kaki glaze and wax resist with a stylised sugarcane motif, gallery label to base, height 23.5 cm, together with reference book 'Hamada Potter' by Bernard Leach, published 1975 and exhibition invitation. Provenance: Purchased at David Jones Art gallery 1967, then private collection, Sydney notes: similar example featured in 'Hamada Potter' by Bernard Leach, plate 45