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CERAMICS
Various Properties
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327 *
A SHIGARAKI STORAGE JAR
Late Kamakura period (1185-1333), 14th century
Of broad baluster form, with slightly everted short neck,
covered with a natural ash glaze of pale brown tints; with a
wooden storage box inscribed on the cover Ko-Shigaraki
tsubo (Old Shigaraki jar) and inside the cover, Kamakura
jidai no saku (made in the Kamakura period), attested
and signed with two seals by an art historian Katsura
Matasaburo (1901-1986). 37cm (14½in) high. (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,100 - 2,800

328 *
AN IRON-OXIDE AND SLIP-DECORATED CERAMIC
CHAWAN (TEA BOWL)
By Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743), Edo period (1615-1868),
18th century
Painted around the exterior in underglaze iron oxide with
a stylised camellia on a pale-grey ground; signed on the
base Matcha Kenzan (Powdered green tea, Kenzan) within
a square reserve; with a wooden storage box.
7cm (2¼in) high. (2).

£3,500 - 5,500
329 JPY530,000 - 830,000
US$4,900 - 7,800

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