Japanese Storage Jar

Large Ceramic Urn Vase

Shigaraki Jar

Japanese Shigaraki Grain Storage Jar

$18,500

Japanese Shigaraki Grain Storage Jar

Located in Hudson, NY

Shigaraki is one of the six ancient kilns of Japan. Early 17th century full formed vessel with refined neck and green glaze on front shoulder. Very similar to two pieces in "Shigerak...

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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Jars

Materials

Pottery

Pair Japanese 19th c. Ceramic Martaban Jar Lamps, Billy Haines Attributed

$2,850 / set

Pair Japanese 19th c. Ceramic Martaban Jar Lamps, Billy Haines Attributed

Located in Pasadena, CA

This is an unusual pair of lamps that have been created with antique 19th century Japanese storage jars and are attributed to Billy Haines.

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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Monumental Japanese Stoneware Tsubo Storage Jar, Attributed to the Tamba Kilns

$6,800

Monumental Japanese Stoneware Tsubo Storage Jar, Attributed to the Tamba Kilns

Located in South Jordan, UT

An exceptional monumental Japanese stoneware tsubo (storage jar), attributed to the celebrated Tamba kiln tradition and dating to the Edo period, circa 18th–19th century.

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Planters, Cachepots an...

Materials

Stoneware

Japanese Antique Wabi-Sabi Distorted Shape Pottery Vase 1860s-1920s / Tsubo

$800

Japanese Antique Wabi-Sabi Distorted Shape Pottery Vase 1860s-1920s / Tsubo

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

A beautifully aged Japanese storage jar. It embodies the quiet strength of traditional, practical pottery.

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Echizen Ceramic Tsubo Fujita Jurouemon VIII

$2,500

Japanese Echizen Ceramic Tsubo Fujita Jurouemon VIII

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Japanese storage jar (tsubo) made in the ancient Echizen ware tradition by Fujita Jurouemon VIII.

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20th Century Japanese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Japanese Yumino Wax Bean Storage Jar

$1,700

Antique Japanese Yumino Wax Bean Storage Jar

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Antique Japanese Yumino Wax Bean Storage Jar, northern Kyushu, Yumino kiln.

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Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Antique Storage Jar, Late Edo Period, Japandi Wabi-Sabi

$480

Japanese Antique Storage Jar, Late Edo Period, Japandi Wabi-Sabi

Located in Chiba, Chiba

A Japanese antique storage jar from the late Edo period, originally used for preserving food or materials.

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Antique 1850s Japanese Edo Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Antique Japanese Shigaraki Pottery Grain Storage Jar with Weathered Patina

$3,800

Antique Japanese Shigaraki Pottery Grain Storage Jar with Weathered Patina

Located in Yonkers, NY

This antique Japanese Shigaraki ware grain storage jar embodies the quiet beauty and rustic character for which the celebrated pottery center of Shigaraki is known.

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Early 20th Century Japanese Garden Ornaments

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Japanese Antique Shigaraki Pottery Storage Jar / Wabi-Sabi / 15th Century

$1,600

Japanese Antique Shigaraki Pottery Storage Jar / Wabi-Sabi / 15th Century

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is an old Japanese jar of Shigaraki ware (Shigaraki-yaki). Shigaraki ware is pottery that has been fired in the town of Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture, located almost in the center...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Vases

Materials

Pottery

Antique Japanese Dovetailed Copper Dragon Tobacco Tea Snuff Storage Jar Caddy 6"

$350Sale Price|30% Off

Antique Japanese Dovetailed Copper Dragon Tobacco Tea Snuff Storage Jar Caddy 6"

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique Japanese barrel shaped lidded tobacco, tea, snuff jar / box / caddy. Made of copper, hammered, dovetailed, studded, and etched with dragons. Dimensions: 5.5" x 5.75" (Dia...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Tea Caddies

Materials

Copper

Japanese Antique Ancient Sueki Sue Ware Wabi-Sabi Art Pottery Vase Storage Jar

$1,995

Japanese Antique Ancient Sueki Sue Ware Wabi-Sabi Art Pottery Vase Storage Jar

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful, unique, and handcrafted piece of ancient Japanese Sueki Sue ware pottery dating back to the 500-600s (6th-7th century). Sueki/ Sue pottery was a blue-gray form of stonew...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Large Japanese Antique Paper-Covered Wabi-Sabi Cha Tsubo Tea Storage Jar 19th C

$1,890

Large Japanese Antique Paper-Covered Wabi-Sabi Cha Tsubo Tea Storage Jar 19th C

Located in 常陸大宮市, JP

From Kanto area, Japan. This large Cha Tsubo, pottery Jar for tea leaf storage, for tea seller - is a product of late Edo to Meiji era (estimate 1850s-1870s) estimate from the style...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware, Paper

Japanese antique paper covered wabi sabi Cha Tsubo large pottery tea storage jar

$1,510

Japanese antique paper covered wabi sabi Cha Tsubo large pottery tea storage jar

Located in 常陸大宮市, JP

From Kanto area, Japan. This large Cha Tsubo, pottery Jar for tea leaf storage, for tea seller - is a product of late Edo to Meiji era (estimate 1860s-1910) estimate from the style ...

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Antique Late 19th Century Vases

Materials

Paper, Pottery, Stoneware

Large Japanese Antique Shigaraki Tsubo Jar

$8,000

Large Japanese Antique Shigaraki Tsubo Jar

Located in Atlanta, GA

An antique Japanese stoneware storage jar, known as tsubo from Shigaraki kiln, circa 17th-18th century (early Edo possibly Momoyama period).

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Japanese Tsubo Jar with High Relief Crab Design

$7,600

Antique Japanese Tsubo Jar with High Relief Crab Design

Located in Atlanta, GA

A Japanese stoneware tsubo (storage jar) circa 19th century (Meiji period), likely made in one of the Shigaraki or Echizen kilns.

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Primitive Stoneware Jar / Edo period, circa 17th–18th century

$800

Japanese Primitive Stoneware Jar / Edo period, circa 17th–18th century

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

Japanese Primitive Stoneware Jar Japan, Edo period, circa 17th–18th century A beautifully weathered Japanese stoneware storage jar, likely originating from one of Japan's historic ...

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Vases

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Antique Large Wabi-Sabi Paper-Clad Tea Storage Vessel 1860s-1900s

$2,500

Japanese Antique Large Wabi-Sabi Paper-Clad Tea Storage Vessel 1860s-1900s

Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP

This is an antique Japanese paper-covered tea storage jar. It is believed to date from the Meiji period (1860s–1900s) and was originally used as a large container for transporting an...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Antique Pottery Distorted Jar late 19th–early 20th / Shigaraki/Tanba

$800

Japanese Antique Pottery Distorted Jar late 19th–early 20th / Shigaraki/Tanba

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

A powerful example of a Japanese Tamba ware storage jar, dating to the late Edo period.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Vases

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Antique Large Paper-Covered Pottery Vase 1860s-1900s / Vessel Wabisabi

$1,800

Japanese Antique Large Paper-Covered Pottery Vase 1860s-1900s / Vessel Wabisabi

Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP

This is a large antique Japanese ceramic storage jar covered with paper. Its powerful, substantial form combined with the remaining traces of paper on the surface gives it a sculptur...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Paper, Pottery

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Pair of Rare 17th Century Japanese Glazed Porcelain Temple Vases

Unavailable

H 40 in W 18 in D 18 in

Pair of Rare 17th Century Japanese Glazed Porcelain Temple Vases

Located in Farmers Branch, TX

These large, antique Japanese storage jars were handcrafted with a broad mouths, sloping shoulders and stout, tapered bodies.

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Shigaraki Storage Jar

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H 36 in W 20 in D 20 in

Japanese Shigaraki Storage Jar

Located in Phoenix, AZ

This Shigaraki kiln fired storage jar is striped in jade green which evokes the Japanese tradition of nature and balance.

Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Vases

Materials

Clay

Japanese Yumino Wax Bean Storage Jar,

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H 13.5 in Dm 15.5 in

Japanese Yumino Wax Bean Storage Jar,

Located in New York, NY

Japanese Yumino Wax Bean Storage Jar, northern Kyushu, Yumino kiln, well shaped and thickly potted stoneware jar, large well-rounded body with everted lip, lightly applied white slip...

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Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

17th Century Shigaraki Storage Jar for Rice Crackers with Natural Ash Glaze

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H 11.03 in Dm 8.27 in

17th Century Shigaraki Storage Jar for Rice Crackers with Natural Ash Glaze

Located in Berlin, Berlin

Fantastic early Edo-period storage jar. With its sharp-angled shoulders and almost vertical sides this jar is a typical "rice cracker jar" (senbei tsubo). It is from the Shigaraki re...

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Pair 19th Century Martaban Storage Jars

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H 18 in Dm 15 in

Pair 19th Century Martaban Storage Jars

Located in Pasadena, CA

This is a classic near pair of 19th century Japanese storage jars. The jars are decorated with a stylized mask, raised waves and mid-point carrying handles.

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Shigaraki Jar with Volcanic Glaze

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H 11 in Dm 9.5 in

Shigaraki Jar with Volcanic Glaze

By Shigaraki Valley Potters

Located in Wilton, CT

Japanese storage jar from the Shigaraki Valley with three lug handles and volcanic black and brown glaze.

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Vintage 1930s Japanese Arts and Crafts Ceramics

Japanese Meiji Period Shigaraki Water Storage Jar

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H 19.5 in Dm 13.5 in

Japanese Meiji Period Shigaraki Water Storage Jar

Located in Pasadena, CA

This is a stunning late Meiji Shigaraki splash glaze water storage jar. The abstract quality of the splash drip glaze adds positive energy to any setting. The jar is in overall very ...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Jars

Materials

Ironstone

Large Japanese Karatsu Drip Glaze Storage Jar, Bowl

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H 16 in Dm 15 in

Large Japanese Karatsu Drip Glaze Storage Jar, Bowl

Located in Wilton, CT

Large antique storage jar in Karatsu style, Tsutsumi ware. Edo Period (mid 19th Century). Handmade of red stoneware with unglazed base. Frothy white drip glaze over deep black glaze.

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Planters and Jardinieres

Japanese Edo Period Tokoname Ware 17th-18th Century / Pottery Vase Jar Wabi-Sabi

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H 19.69 in Dm 16.93 in

Japanese Edo Period Tokoname Ware 17th-18th Century / Pottery Vase Jar Wabi-Sabi

By Axel Vervoordt

Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP

This is a large Japanese storage jar known as a Tokoname tsubo, dating to the Edo period.

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Vases

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Japanese Green Glazed Ceramic Storage Jar, Large Scale

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H 26.75 in Dm 20.5 in

19th Century Japanese Green Glazed Ceramic Storage Jar, Large Scale

Located in Stamford, CT

Large scale Japanese ceramic storage jar with beautiful green drip glaze.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Urns

Materials

Ceramic

1870s Japanese Shigaraki Ceramic Storage Jar with Celadon Glaze, Meiji Period

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H 29 in Dm 16 in

1870s Japanese Shigaraki Ceramic Storage Jar with Celadon Glaze, Meiji Period

Located in Yonkers, NY

A classic 1870s large Japanese Shigaraki celadon glazed ceramic jar from the late Edo or early Meiji period.

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Japanese Shigaraki Folk Art Pottery Mingei Storage Jar Vase and Cover

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H 19 in Dm 14 in

Antique Japanese Shigaraki Folk Art Pottery Mingei Storage Jar Vase and Cover

By Shigaraki Valley Potters

Located in Wilton, CT

Antique large Shigaraki jar with brown and black ash glaze with great contrast and terrific wabi sabi feel, circa 1900. With old, maybe original, straw cover. 19" high, 14" diameter....

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Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics

19th Century Japanese Large Scale Green Glazed Ceramic Storage Jar

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H 28 in Dm 22 in

19th Century Japanese Large Scale Green Glazed Ceramic Storage Jar

Located in Stamford, CT

Large scale Japanese ceramic storage jar with beautiful green drip glaze.

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Antique Late 19th Century Meiji Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Signed Shigaraki Meiji Period Tea Storage Jar

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H 15.5 in Dm 12 in

Signed Shigaraki Meiji Period Tea Storage Jar

Located in Pasadena, CA

This is an exceptionally beautiful signed Shigaraki tea storage jar that dates to the later Meiji period. The quality of craftsmanship is exceptional. The thick drip glaze is abstrac...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Old Mirror Black Shigaraki Storage Jar Ikebana Vase

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H 19 in Dm 13 in

Old Mirror Black Shigaraki Storage Jar Ikebana Vase

By Shigaraki Valley Potters

Located in Wilton, CT

Large Japanese Shigaraki storage jar in oil black glaze, early 20th century. 19" high, 13" diameter.

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Early 20th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Ceramics

Pair Black Glazed Japanese Shigaraki Jars/Vases

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H 12 in Dm 9 in

Pair Black Glazed Japanese Shigaraki Jars/Vases

Located in Wilton, CT

Pair Japanese stoneware storage jars from Shigaraki Valley covered in molasses like brown/black glaze.

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Early 20th Century Japanese Vases

Huge Shigaraki Pottery Storage Jar Wabi Sabi Tea Ceremony Garden Urn Vase

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H 34 in Dm 21 in

Huge Shigaraki Pottery Storage Jar Wabi Sabi Tea Ceremony Garden Urn Vase

By Shigaraki Valley Potters

Located in Wilton, CT

Huge antique Shigaraki wine or water storage jar with Hagi-Nagashi glaze, circa 1900. Nice, organic form with copper green stripes. Measures: 34" high, 21" diameter. Excellent condit...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Urns

Materials

Stoneware

Antique Japanese Storage Jar with Nagashi-Gusuri Glaze

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H 34.5 in Dm 16 in

Antique Japanese Storage Jar with Nagashi-Gusuri Glaze

Located in Atlanta, GA

A massive Japanese storage jar (Tsubo) from Meiji Period (1868-1912).

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Storage Jar Hagi Glaze Vintage Lamp with Lug Handles

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H 25 in Dm 7.5 in

Japanese Storage Jar Hagi Glaze Vintage Lamp with Lug Handles

By Japanese Studio

Located in Wilton, CT

Japanese stoneware storage jar lamp in ivory crackle glaze with four lug handles around the shoulder.

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Minimalist Table Lamps

Materials

Stoneware

Shigaraki Japanese Storage Jar Vase with Bold White on Black Design

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H 16 in Dm 12 in

Shigaraki Japanese Storage Jar Vase with Bold White on Black Design

By Shigaraki Valley Potters

Located in Wilton, CT

Japanese Shigaraki Valley storage jar with striking white on black vertical stripes design, circa 1900. 16" high, 12" diameter.

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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Urns

Materials

Stoneware

Japanese Shigaraki Ash Glazed Storage Jar

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H 14.18 in Dm 11.82 in

Japanese Shigaraki Ash Glazed Storage Jar

Located in Kastrup, DK

Japanese Shigaraki ash glazed storage jar. Stoneware in rich shades of green / reddish / yellow.

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Vintage 1950s Japanese Modern Jars

Materials

Stoneware

A Japanese Shigaraki Stoneware Sake Storage Jar, circa 1870.

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H 26 in Dm 17 in

A Japanese Shigaraki Stoneware Sake Storage Jar, circa 1870.

Located in Point Richmond, CA

The large stoneware pot glazed with vertical green stripes on an off-white background in a watermelon-style crackled glaze pattern. The interior glazed brown. the form of wide body ,...

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Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century Japanese Green Glazed Ceramic Storage Jar, Large Scale

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H 27.5 in Dm 20.5 in

19th Century Japanese Green Glazed Ceramic Storage Jar, Large Scale

Located in Stamford, CT

Large scale Japanese ceramic storage jar with beautiful green drip glaze.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Urns

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Mingei Ceramic Jar Tatsuzo Shimaoka

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H 8 in Dm 9 in

Japanese Mingei Ceramic Jar Tatsuzo Shimaoka

By Tatsuzo Shimaoka 2

Located in Atlanta, GA

A handsome Japanese ceramic stoneware storage jar attributed to Tatsuzo Shimaoka (1919-2007), an important member in Japanese Mingei folk art movement.

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20th Century Japanese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese antique paper covered wabi sabi Cha Tsubo large pottery tea storage jar

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H 32.56 in Dm 19.3 in

Japanese antique paper covered wabi sabi Cha Tsubo large pottery tea storage jar

Located in 常陸大宮市, JP

From Kanto area, Japan. This large Cha Tsubo, pottery Jar for tea leaf storage, for tea seller - is a product of late Edo to Meiji era (estimate 1860s-1910) estimate from the style ...

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Antique Late 19th Century Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Paper

Japanese Storage Jar

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H 24 in Dm 14 in

Japanese Storage Jar

Located in Hudson, NY

Large Japanese storage jar.

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20th Century Japanese Pottery

Materials

Pottery

19th c. Japanese Storage Jar

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H 27 in Dm 16 in

19th c. Japanese Storage Jar

Located in North Egremont, MA

Large Shigaraki storage vessel. beautiful striped green drip glaze

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Japanese Storage Jar Lamp

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H 28 in Dm 20 in

Antique Japanese Storage Jar Lamp

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Old jar updated to lamp with all new hardware and European style twist cord. Custom taupe linen shade with diffuser.

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

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Japanese Storage Jar For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the Japanese storage jar you’re looking for. A Japanese storage jar — often made from ceramic, stoneware and pottery — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Japanese storage jar, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right Japanese storage jar, those designed in Arts and Crafts and Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made Japanese storage jar over the years, but those crafted by Shigaraki Valley Potters are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Japanese Storage Jar?

The average selling price for a Japanese storage jar at 1stDibs is $2,085, while they’re typically $495 on the low end and $18,500 for the highest priced.