TWO JAPANESE OHAGURO-TSUBO ECHIZEN JARS

TWO JAPANESE OHAGURO-TSUBO ECHIZEN JARS

PROBABLY EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

Both with a brown body, the largest with two small handles applied to the shoulder, the other vessel with a metal ring for suspension to the back, 15cm and 12cm respectively. (2)

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.