Storage jar with natural ash glaze

Details

• Title

  Storage jar with natural ash glaze

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Aichi prefecture › Owari province › Tokoname › Tokoname kiln-sites (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  16th century (1501 - 1600)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, ash-glazed

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar › storage-jar

• Dimensions

  51 cm (height)
  44 cm (diameter)
  at mouth 19 cm (diameter)
  at base 16 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1990.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 37 | Japan 1600 - 1850

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1990.3

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