Storage jar, early 17th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Tokoname ware; stoneware with natural ash glazeexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.333
Not on Viewexpand_more
A light-colored glaze descends from the wide neck and covers the sloping shoulders of this storage jar from the Tokoname kilns. Named for the town of Tokoname on the Chita Peninsula south of Nagoya, Tokoname ware has been produced since the eleventh century at a number of kilns in the vicinity of the town. The high iron content of Tokoname clay leads to a characteristic dark, red-brown surface.
Details
- Title
- Storage jar
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.333
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 672
- Curator Approved
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