A JAPANESE OHAGURO-TSUBO JAR

A JAPANESE OHAGURO-TSUBO JAR

EDO OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

The ovoid body with a short everted rim, the surface with a natural ash glaze and cream-coloured mottling on the reddish ground, 19.8cm.

Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire.