Vintage Farmyard Jar

This lidded jar is a traditional porcelain vessel from Jingdezhen, a town long distinguished by imperial patronage. The porcelain lid has been augmented with a metal ring to add a ma...

This temple jar is a traditional porcelain vessel from Jingdezhen, a town long distinguished by imperial patronage. The rustic finish porcelain body has been painted with a lively fr...

This temple jar is a traditional porcelain vessel from Jingdezhen, a town long distinguished by imperial patronage. The ribbed "melon" style porcelain body has been painted with a motif reminiscent of the famous Willow Ware...

This temple jar is a traditional porcelain vessel from Jingdezhen, a town long distinguished by imperial patronage. The rustic finish porcelain body has been painted with a lively Yu...

This large vintage floor vase is a traditional porcelain vessel from Jingdezhen, a town long distinguished by imperial patronage. The lively ...

This large vintage floor vase is a traditional porcelain vessel from Jingdezhen, a town long distinguished by imperial patronage. The lively ...

This vintage glazed Chinese ceramic jar from mid 20th Century was once used for pickling foods. It features a jade green finish and outer surface that features a ribbed texture. This...

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 wonderful blue-green glaze adorns this early 20th Century Chinese storage jar along with a stunning crackled finish. Jars such as these would be used to store grains amid people's ...

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. ...

A vintage Thai brown jar from the mid 20th century, with green accents and tapering lines. Created in Thailand during the mid-century period, this jar attr...