Large Wide Mouth Heavy Ceramic Food Jars, circa 1940

Large antique ceramic food jars with beautifully rendered bird and floral imagery. From China, Hebei Province, circa 1900.
CR430

A nicely glazed, tall antique Chinese ceramic wine jar with a wide mouth and graceful shape. From Shanxi Province, circa 1920. CR714.

19th century wide mouth ceramic wine jar with dark lip, beautifully glazed off-white body and striking Chinese characters. From Shanxi province, circa 1850. CR725.

A large, beautifully glazed antique Chinese food jar with expertly hand painted bird imagery and Chinese characters. Glazed with a striking sh...

A classic, antique Chinese porcelain jar, circa 1850. This unusual, hand painted piece evokes it's mid-19th Century period, yet fits in a...

A classic antique blue and white 19th Century porcelain jar, beautifully painted and perfectly formed. Shanxi Province, c. 1880 or earlier.

Set of three large ceramic pots from the Martaban area of Burma, 18th century. These large and heavy stoneware jars were used to store food, drinkwater etc; they were partly put in t...

A massive stoneware tsubo floor jar created by Japanese contemporary ceramic artist Kai Tsujimura (1976-). The heavy jar with its impressive volume was made in the tradition of Iga ware with local coarse sandy clay that turned reddish after the firing. It took its shape from heavy medieval storage jars with a wide-open mouth. For a nearly identical form, see an Echizen jar from Heian period (794–1185) in the collection of MET (Accession Number: 1977.261). The surface showcases scattered white crystalized feldspars and a green vitrified ash glaze cascade down the body (known as biidoro in Japanese - after the Portuguese word for glass vidoro). These is a globular shape impressed on the jar. It is a signature practice of the Tsujimura potter family by stacking bowls between the pieces in the kiln during the firing, resulting in an accidental but iconic aethetic (Kai and Yui Tsujimura...

A large Japanese lidded ceramic jar from the kiln of Onda Yaki, circa 2010. The stoneware jar impresses the viewer with a robust bulbous form. Its black body is nearly unglazed but exuberantly splashed with strokes of slip glazes of white, yellow and blue. The visual effect is wonderful that it appears traditional and contemporary at the same time. The tri-color glaze calls to mind the San-Cai from Chinese Tang dynasty, yet the application is akin to abstract painting on canvas. Onda Yaki also spelled as Onta Yaki also spelled Onta, is a type of Japanese pottery produced in and around the village of Onta in Oita Prefecture in Kyushu Island. It was founded in 1705. Closely associated with Mingei folk art, Onda ware was inscribed by the national government in 1995 as an Intangible Cultural Property Background from Pucker Gallery where the jar was exibited and purchased. "In his search for true folk pottery, the Japanese philosopher Soetsu Yanagi...

A fantastic, wonderfully glaze stoneware Banko ware vase with beautifully detailed craftsmanship. Banko ware pottery is thought to have originate...

A Korean ceramic storage jar circa 18th century of Joseon Dynasty. The jar is of a characteristic form with a bulbous upper body that tappers with a gra...

This Chinese ceramic jar dates to the mid 20th century and would've once served the purpose of storing food in the kitchen. The jars high shoulders and narrow base add to its charm. ...