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A RARE HAGI-WARE BOWL An almost identical bowl with an inlaid cross decoration but described
IN THE FORM OF A TAWARA (RICE BALE) as Shodai-ware made in Kumamoto Prefecture is illustrated by Suntory
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Museum, Kobe Municipal Museum and Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, eds.,
The high-sided, thickly-potted deep pinkish-brown bowl with a typical Nanban bijutsu no hikari to kage: Taisei oko kiba zu no nazo (Light and
notched foot and inlaid white-glazed decoration of an impressed crucifix Shadows in Nanban art: The Mystery of Western Kings on Horseback),
in the centre, flanked on either side with the horizontal lines and patterns Tokyo, Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 2011, p.180, pl.115; another two
on a conventional rice bale; with a lacquered-wood storage box. Hagi-ware of the same tawara (rice bale) shape are illustrated by Asahi
9cm x 21.7cm (3½in x 8½in). (2). Shinbunsha Seibu Honsha Kikakubu, Ichi Raku, ni Hagi, san Karatsu:
Momoyama kara gendai made (First Raku, Second Hagi, Third
£5,000 - 6,000 Karatsu: From the Momoyama Period to the Present Day), Fukuoka,
JPY730,000 - 870,000 Asahi Shinbunsha, 1977, pls.91 and 103.
US$6,500 - 7,800

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