Jar with four lugs

Stoneware, formed by coiling and smoothing on slow-turning potter’s wheel; formed in two sections, with seam visible on mid-body. The jar is fairly heavy for its size.
Covered all over with red slip glaze; black glaze applied to shoulder, runs in rivulets down body.

Historical period(s)
Edo period, ca. 1625-1650
Medium
Stoneware with black iron glaze over red slip-glaze (akadobe) with patch of naturally-occurring ash glaze from firing
Style
Tamba ware
Dimensions
H x W x D: 40 x 33 x 33 cm (15 3/4 x 13 x 13 in)
Geography
Japan, Hyogo prefecture, Tachikui
Credit Line
Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1992.37
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Tea-leaf storage jar (chatsubo)

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Hauge collection, Japan, stoneware, Tamba ware, tea
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Stoneware, formed by coiling and smoothing on slow-turning potter's wheel; formed in two sections, with seam visible on mid-body. The jar is fairly heavy for its size.
Covered all over with red slip glaze; black glaze applied to shoulder, runs in rivulets down body.

Inscription(s)

1. (Louise A. Cort, 6 December 1993) Paper label attached to base of jar bears printed name of Tamba Kotokan in Sasayama and inscription in ink: 65, jar with four lugs and variegated (yohen) glaze. Presumably this jar appeared in an exhibition at the Tamba Kotokan in Sasayama sometime before 1971, when the Hauges acquired it.

Published References
  • Sasayama. Ko-Tamba [Early Tamba]. .
  • Imada. Dai Tambayaki ten [The Great Tamba-ware Exhibition]. Exh. cat. .
  • Daniel Rhodes. Tamba Pottery: The Timeless Art of a Japanese Village. Tokyo. .
  • Narasaki Shoichi. Tamba. Nihon Toji Zensu, vol. 11 Tokyo. .
  • Inui Yoshiaki. Nihon no toji: Gendai hen. 8 vols., Tokyo. vol. 7.
  • Kinsei no Tambayaki [Tamba Ware of the Edo Period]. .
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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