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A large Tanba ware storage jar
Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period, early 17th centuryOf compressed and inverted pear form with a rolled rim to the cylindrical neck, four lugs applied to the rounded shoulder beneath a mottled brown glaze that stops unevenly at mid-section, unglazed surfaces of the lower walls and flat base burnt a dark reddish brown in the firing17 3/8in (44.2cm) high
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ProvenanceProperty from the Estate of Professor Donald Howard Shively (1921-2005), by repute, purchased in KyotoFor Tanba jars of similar shape and large size, all described as tea leaf storage jars, see Daniel Rhodes, Tamba Pottery: The Timeless Art of a Japanese Village, Kodansha, Tokyo, 1970: no.31, (20.3in high, as Momoyama); no.35, (14.5in, as early Edo) and no.48, (21.5in, as early Edo).