Shoji Hamada, a large and impressive stoneware dish, wax resist sugar cane decoration, tenmoku glaze, together with a matching stand. Diameter 32 cm. Provenance: John Patrick Collection, Exhibited at the Pan Pacific Arts Festival in Christchurch February 1965 at the Canterbury Museum: Shoji Hamada, Intangible Cultural Treasure of Japan, an Exhibition of recent works. An almost identical example, illustrated 'Conetendown studio pottery in New Zealand 1945-1980', Moyra Elliott and Damian Skinner page 85