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Storage jar with natural ash glaze
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- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Aichi prefecture › Owari province › Tokoname › Tokoname kiln-sites (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 16th century (1501 - 1600)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, ash-glazed
- Dimensions
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51 cm (height)
44 cm (diameter)
at mouth 19 cm (diameter)
at base 16 cm (diameter)
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container › vessel › jar › storage-jar
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1990.
- Accession no.
- EA1990.3
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 209 on p. 75, illus. p. 75
Glossary (2)
glaze, stoneware
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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
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stoneware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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