RON BROWNSON ESTATE AUCTION 1 Tuesday, 4 November 2025 / 10:00 am start

A Japanese Shigaraki stoneware tea leaf jar (chatsubo),

Estimate: $400 - $800

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Lot Details

Late Edo period. A jar of buff coloured clay. Of elongated ovoid shape with a thick, squared, everted ring mouth. Four lug handles set opposite on the shoulder, one missing. The whole, excluding the resting surface dipped in an olive-brown glaze. Impressed on shoulder, under glaze: 'circle around four curved lines forming a diamond shape' (see photograph). The impressed mark may be related to one used by Kobori Enshu (1578-1645). 35.7 x 31.5 cm


A Japanese Shigaraki stoneware tea leaf jar (chatsubo), Image 1++
A Japanese Shigaraki stoneware tea leaf jar (chatsubo), Image 1++