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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1900: Item # 1501671

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A rare large earthenware jar from the kilns of Amakusa in Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan. Amakusa is rarely decorated, but this jar is beautifully rendered with overlapping petals like lotus flowers about the shoulder which catches and diverts into streamlets what appears to be bamboo ash glaze running down from the neck. It is heavily potted, mad to withstand human usage. The jar is 34 cm (13-1/2 inches) diameter, 44 cm (17 inches) tall and in excellent condition.