Japanese stoneware jar (tsubo)

An image of Studio Ceramics. Stoneware jar (tsubo). Oviform with a short neck and rounded rim. Characteristic dark red/brown body, with traces of fly ash glaze. With stone inclusions, one of which at the base forms a passage to the interior. No mark. 1500-1573. Japanese. Muromachi period (1336-1573). Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Stoneware jar (tsubo). Oviform with a short neck and rounded rim. Characteristic dark red/brown body, with traces of fly ash glaze. With stone inclusions, one of which at the base forms a passage to the interior. No mark. 1500-1573. Japanese. Muromachi period (1336-1573). Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.24-2016
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Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
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Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2016:07:28 16:30:24

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16th Century _WF_Shakeshaft ash glazed brown Fitz_AA glazed Japanese jar Muromachi period oviform pottery stoneware studio ceramics tsubo

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