Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 103
A JAPANESE TANBA STORAGE JAR
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
A JAPANESE TANBA STORAGE JAR
PROBABLY EDO, 19TH CENTURY
The tall ovoid body with a cream-coloured glaze dripping from the shoulder on the chocolate-brown ground, the rim with kintsugi gold lacquer repairs, 37.5cm.
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.