Echizen ware: ohaguro (tooth-stain pigment) jar.

Echizen ware: ohaguro (tooth-stain pigment) jar.
Echizen ware: ohaguro (tooth-stain pigment) jar.
Echizen ware: ohaguro (tooth-stain pigment) jar.

16th century
Height 11.0 cm, mouth diameter 5.8 cm, body diameter 10.6 cm, bottom diameter 8.0 cm
 This round-shaped vase has a narrow rounded neck, but the shoulders are taut and the height and body diameter are nearly equal, suggesting that it is from the early Momoyama period. The blackish-brown body is covered with a yellowish-brown natural glaze, which has peeled off in places to reveal a grayish-white ground.

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