Kamimura Gallery
#685
Tokoname stoneware storage jar.
Large ovid jar with gentle sloping shoulders with a natural ash-glaze on the neck and shoulders and thrown thick glaze running down one side and stops before reaching the narrow foot. Built by thick coil method. This jar has a few chanks of pieces called the Kuttsuki. Tokoname is best known for its storage jars (from small to large), and it is one of the six famous classic stonewares in Japan together with the Shigaraki, Tamba, Echizen, Bizen and Seto.
Muromachi period.(16th century)
Height: 53.5 cm
Large ovid jar with gentle sloping shoulders with a natural ash-glaze on the neck and shoulders and thrown thick glaze running down one side and stops before reaching the narrow foot. Built by thick coil method. This jar has a few chanks of pieces called the Kuttsuki. Tokoname is best known for its storage jars (from small to large), and it is one of the six famous classic stonewares in Japan together with the Shigaraki, Tamba, Echizen, Bizen and Seto.
Muromachi period.(16th century)
Height: 53.5 cm
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