A Takatori and two Seto chaire [tea containers] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

The Bernard Le Dauphin Collection of Tea Ceremony Ceramics

A Takatori and two Seto chaire [tea containers]

Momoyama - Edo period, late 16^th - early 17^th century

the first a Takatori chaire of ovoid form with ring neck and slightly everted foot, of reddish stoneware decorated with a dripped brown glaze falling above the foot; the second Seto ware of pear shape, with a speckled brown glaze falling short of the foot, with a dark brown glaze dripped from the neck; the third Seto ware, oviform with a slight waist and ring neck, decorated in dripped glazes of dark brown and ochre falling above the foot, accompanied with a fitted wood storage box (tomobako) with inscription

6.5 cm., 2½ in. high (the first)

7.5 cm., 3 in. high (the second)

8 cm., 3¼ in. high (the third)