Narrow-necked storage jar

Object Details

• Description

  Narrow-necked storage jar (tsubo), unrefined stoneware clay with natural ash glaze.

• Origin

  Probably Minami Matsuo kilns, Shigaraki, Shiga prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1400s

• Place

  Minami Matsuo kilns, Shiga prefecture, Japan, Shigaraki

• Topic

  Art, Muromachi period (1333 - 1573), Stoneware, Shigaraki ware, Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)