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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1800: Item # 1503080

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An unusualy shaped early to mid-Edo period Tamba tsubo with cascading rivulets of green ash enclosed in a fine kiri-wood collectors box annotated inside. It is 24 cm (9-1/2 inches) diameter, 31 (12 inches) high and in excellent condition. About the rim are four “mimi” ears for tying down the wooden bung. The base is slightly concave and burnt to a rock like texture. Tamba is considered as one of Japan’s six famous ancient kilns, along with Seto, Tokoname, Echizen, Shigaraki and Bizen. It is known for a solemn, austere atmosphere, and for the beautiful green pine-ash glaze. The origins are purported to be in the late Heian period, when it was called Onohara ware. Traditionally it is coil formed, or turned counter clockwise on a wheel. Early pieces were fired in anagama, until the Momoyama period, when the advent of the climbing kiln offered increased production and possibilities and hire firing temperatures.