A large Tanba ware storage jarMomoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period, early 17th century
Of 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 firing

17 3/8in (44.2cm) high注脚Provenance
Property from the Estate of Professor Donald Howard Shively (1921-2005), by repute, purchased in Kyoto

For 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).