Japanese wood fired Bizen seed jar (tane-tsubo)

An image of Studio Ceramics. Jar and Lid/Seed Jar. Wood fired Bizen seed jar (tane-tsubo) in high fired stoneware, with characteristic dark red brown body. Unglazed except for yellow ochre? goma? (patches of fly ash) on shoulder and rim. Some feldspar inclusions. With throwing rings. Kiln mark incised on shoulder. There is also an incised line 2.5 times around the shoulder. 1500-1599. Japanese. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Studio Ceramics. Jar and Lid/Seed Jar. Wood fired Bizen seed jar (tane-tsubo) in high fired stoneware, with characteristic dark red brown body. Unglazed except for yellow ochre? goma? (patches of fly ash) on shoulder and rim. Some feldspar inclusions. With throwing rings. Kiln mark incised on shoulder. There is also an incised line 2.5 times around the shoulder. 1500-1599. Japanese. Acquisition: Dr John Shakeshaft Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.22 & A-2016
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 720 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 481.84kB
Exposure time: 1/160
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2016:07:01 11:34:50

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16th Century _WF_Shakeshaft bizen brown feldspar fired Fitz_AA glazed incised Japanese jar pottery seed jar stoneware studio ceramics unglazed wood fired

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