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Object 2012267

Covered jar

Japan

1680-1700

Height with cover 152 mm (5.98 inch), height without cover 108 mm (4.25 inch), diameter of rim 131 mm (5.16 inch), diameter of footring 80 mm (3.15 inch), weight with cover 810 grams (28.57 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 232 grams (8.18 ounce (oz.))

Cylindrical jar on high foot, recessed base. Domed cover with flattened knob. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous landscape with a large pine tree. Round the foot a double concentric band. The cover is decorated en suite. 

This type of covered jar might have be used as a small tureen in the West. In Arita the type was obviously made for export and adapted to meet Dutch demands. Therefore this type of covered jar can be categorized as a Western shape. They are were made in more or less fixed sizes.  

For a similarly shaped covered jar, please see:

• The Shibata Collection Part II, (The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Kyushu, 1991), p.260, cat. 682.
• Complete Catalogue of the Shibata Collection, (The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Kyushu 2003), p.316, cat. 2469.

Condition:

Jar: A restored hairline and restored chips to the rim and inner footring.

Cover: Restored, (broken in three pieces).

References:

Kyushu 1991, cat. 682

Kyushu 2003, cat. 2469

Price: Sold