Japanese Edo Hagi Ware Tea Bottle & Ivory Lid, Wood Box

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CLEARANCE | Ancient & Ethnographic Art

By Artemis Gallery

Feb 17, 2022

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• Lot Description
  **First Time At Auction**
  
  East Asia, Japan, late Edo to early Meiji Period, ca. second half of the 19th century CE. A lovely example of a Hagi ware tea bottle, so named based on the town of Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture where this style originated. The spherical bottle presents with a planar base, a series of gentle horizontal ribs along the body, a sizable indentation on the other side, a pair of petite lug handles, and an incised wavy pattern along one shoulder. The entire bottle exhibits a lustrous layer of glaze, though the neck and 1 side of the shoulder are covered in a thick, uneven layer of white glaze. Hagi ware vessels are renowned for their earthen hues, minimalist aesthetic, and the extensive craquelure - known as kan-nyuu (or "crazing") - as shown here. The bottle is topped with a hand-carved whale ivory lid, and accompanying the bottle is a wooden box with blue-and-white cotton straps. Size (bottle): 2.5" W x 3.125" H (6.4 cm x 7.9 cm); (box): 3.25" L x 3.25" W x 4.4" H (8.3 cm x 8.3 cm x 11.2 cm)
  
  This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. We guarantee that the piece is over 100 years old.
  
  Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired before 2000
  
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  A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
  
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  Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
  
  #163192

  Condition

  Indentation to side of bottle formed during formation process and does not affect the stability or integrity of the composition. Minor nicks to unglazed base and ivory lid, otherwise intact and very good. Great craquelure and remains of glaze throughout. Wood box has minor abrasions but is also intact. Japanese kanji written in black ink atop box lid.
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