From Sakurai village in the Province of Settsu. Coated in a speckled dark brown glaze with thick runs of blueish-white overglaze around the small mouth. With an impressed mark to the unglazed lower body reading “Sakurai no Sato”. With a fitted ivory lid, the underside coated in gold leaf. Two old paper labels to the base showing museum or collection numbers. Diameter 8.5cm. Mid 19th Century, c.1850.
For reference and an illustration of an almost identical jar see “Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery”, published 1900, item 608.
Provenance: from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from Brighton.