Shoji Hamada: career timeline
Japanese · 1894–1978 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 26 of 69 lots (38% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 8 | 8 | $10.6kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1950s | 5 | 5 | $2kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1960s | 12 | 11 | $2.7kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | $1.7kSign up | Drawing |
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1920s 8 works
c. 1922 Early vase$12.8kSign up
c. 1923 Early pot with carved design$3.1kSign up
c. 1923 Early vase with handles$6kSign up
c. 1923 'Crysanthemum' bowl$17kSign up
1923 Early vase$7.7kSign up
c. 1923 Early jar$11.9kSign up
1923 Early vase with carved design$11.1kSign up
1929 Large bowl$10.2kSign up
1950s 5 works
1960s 12 works
- Sold
- 11 of 12
- Median
- $2.7kSign up
- Average
- $4.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 8 in (22 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (8), Other (3), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 Pitcher$7.2kSign up
c. 1960 Bottle$2.1kSign up
c. 1960 Sake bottle$1.1kSign up
c. 1960 Dish$1.8kSign up
c. 1960 Flask$756Sign up
c. 1963 Square dish$2.1kSign up
1963 Vase à 6 facettes$2.9kSign up
1963 Bouteille rectangulaire incurvée$10kSign up
1965 Square Dish$4.9kSign up
1965 Flask$11.4kSign up
c. 1965 Large bowlUnsold
1966 Vase$2.7kSign up
1970s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
43 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 3 works
sold 2008 Tea Pot$893Sign up
sold 2008 Ovoid vase with lug handlesUnsold
sold 2008 Thrown tea bowl$1.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 17 works
- Sold
- 13 of 17
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Other (16), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2013 Stoneware chawan (tea bowl)$588Sign up
sold 2013 Large stoneware circular dishUnsold
sold 2013 Rectangular stoneware bottle vase$1.7kSign up
sold 2013 Stoneware square dishUnsold
sold 2013 Stoneware circular dish$883Sign up
sold 2013 Untitled$3.6kSign up
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2013 Stoneware vase$1kSign up
sold 2013 Lidded incense pot$685Sign up
sold 2013 Stoneware dish tenmoku$822Sign up
sold 2013 Stoneware vase$1.3kSign up
sold 2013 A large and impressive stoneware dish$2.9kSign up
sold 2013 Rectangular stoneware bottle vase$2.7kSign up
…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 23 works
- Sold
- 19 of 23
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 3 × 6 in (7 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (15), Other (6), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Footed Dish$817Sign up
sold 2020 Striped Square Bottle$2.8kSign up
sold 2020 Square Bottle$2.8kSign up
sold 2022 Chawan or Tea Bowl$815Sign up
sold 2023 BowlUnsold
sold 2023 Square dish$2.4kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Large curved bottle vase$4.8kSign up
sold 2023 Bottle vase$1.6kSign up
sold 2023 Square dishUnsold
sold 2023 Large square dishUnsold
sold 2023 Two platesUnsold
sold 2023 Squared bottle vase$3.2kSign up
…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Shoji Hamada auction results →