A Japanese stoneware tea bowl by Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) with red stoneware body, covered with a white and thin reddish- white glaze, with a impressed mark on the base. With a Japanese wood box, inscribed and signed on the cover of the box, Shoji Hamada (1894-1978). (1894-1978), 15.5 cm diameter. Provenance: an old private collection, Melbourne, Australia, acquired from Japan in the early 2000s. 2000