Tokoname ware storage jar
National Museum of Asian Art

Tokoname ware storage jar

17th century

Stoneware with natural ash glaze
National Museum of Asian Art
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of Asian Art

Dark gray clay, lustrous dark brown on surface. Large cross-shaped potter's mark incised on body. Natural deposits of ash glaze on shoulder, including large patch of opaque white rice-straw ash, partially flaked off.

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