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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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AN EARTHENWARE DEEP A HAGI-WARE CHAWAN (TEABOWL) A TANBA STONEWARE LARGE TSUBO
STORAGE VESSEL Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century (STORAGE JAR)
Middle Jomon period (ca. 3500–2500 B.C.) The thickly-potted deep pinkish-brown bowl Muromachi period (1333-1573),
The low-fired reddish clay body with black with a typical notched foot and decorated on late 16th century
fire marks, elaborate cord-marked patterns the inside and outside with irregular white- The dark-reddish body framed by drips of
and incised decoration, the rim with an glazed splashes, with a brocade silk bag and olive-green glaze running down from the short
exaggerated sculptural and pierced ornament a wood storage box inscribed Hagi chawan everted neck and pooling towards the foot,
forming the handles, typical of the period; with (Hagi-ware chawan). an accumulation of heavy natural ash glaze
a wood storage box. 9.3cm x 13.1cm (3 5/8in x 5 1/8in). (3). deposit on the front; with a wood storage box.
25.5cm x 21cm (10in x 8¼in). (2). 45.5cm (17 7/8in) high. (2).
£3,000 - 4,000
£1,500 - 2,000 JPY400,000 - 530,000 £4,000 - 6,000
JPY200,000 - 260,000 US$3,700 - 4,900 JPY530,000 - 790,000
US$1,900 - 2,500 US$4,900 - 7,400
For an almost identical example, please see
Nakanishi Toru, Kotanba (Old Tanba), Kyoto,
Unsodo, 1978, p.46, no.52.

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