MOMOYAMA - EDO PERIOD (16TH - 17TH CENTURY)

Details

A Seto Chaire [Tea Container]
Momoyama - Edo period (16th - 17th century)
Irregularly potted but roughly cylindrical with relatively fat shoulder, decorated with brown, ochre and olive glaze dripping down to the base creating a vertical stripe pattern, irregularly everted oviform neck, potter’s mark of a cross on the base, with gebuta [ivory lid with gold paper on the interior] and wood box
9.1cm. high (including lid)

Provenance

Louis Gonse

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note that this lot does not have a wood box as stated in the catalogue.

Please note this item contains elephant ivory. The US has recently changed its rules on the import of elephant ivory. Please see the back of the catalogue for more information.

Lot Essay

The Seto chaire is accompanied by a note in French from the previous collector translated as: n. 48. Oribe, 16th century, a piece executed by Moemon for Oda Nobunaga, a minister of Hideyoshi, victor of Korea.

Although there are several theories on who Moemon was, it is possible that the inscription refers to a well-known potter of Seto Nochigama ware in Muromachi to Momoyama period (16th century). There were six potters who were selected and received their signature marks from Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) in 1563. One of them was Kato Moemon (Tokuan) who received a cross mark to be used on his works.

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