Jar
- Artist Culture
- Japanese
- Period
- Momoyama period, Japanese, 1573–1615
- Date
- late 16th–early 17th century
- made in
- Tanba, Hyogo prefecture, Japan, Asia
- Classification
- Ceramics, containers
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 15 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (39.3 x 31.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- William K. Bixby Trust for Asian Art
- Rights
- Contact Us
- Object Number
- 58:1963
NOTES
The robust form of this jar with its irregular rich, green glaze typifies the stonewares produced at rural potteries throughout Japan from around the 13th century. Tamba was one of the most famous and among the largest producers of basic utilitarian wares such as this. The rough, rustic aesthetic of these pots accorded with the taste of chanoyu tea ceremony masters; Tamba wares frequently were appropriated for use in the chanoyu tea ceremony or were designed specifically for it.