Ash container with three birds, late 16th century, Unknown Japanese, 4 1/8 × 3 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (10.48 × 9.84 × 9.84 cm), Karatsu ware; stoneware with underglaze iron, Japan, 16th century, A container like this one, called a hiire (literally, 'fire container'), would have held hot ashes and been placed in a tobacco tray like the one displayed here. Guests to a tea gathering would use the hot ashes to light their pipes. Typical of wares from the Karatsu kilns, this mukōzuke is decorated with casual, rapidly painted designs in iron oxide brown.

Brand: Artokoloro
SKU: 4443-28729118
Availability: InStock

Ash container with three birds, late 16th century, Unknown Japanese, 4 1/8 × 3 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (10.48 × 9.84 × 9.84 cm), Karatsu ware; stoneware with underglaze iron, Japan, 16th century, A container like this one, called a hiire (literally, 'fire container'), would have held hot ashes and been placed in a tobacco tray like the one displayed here. Guests to a tea gathering would use the hot ashes to light their pipes. Typical of wares from the Karatsu kilns, this mukōzuke is decorated with casual, rapidly painted designs in iron oxide brown.

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