MOMOYAMA/EARLY EDO PERIOD (EARLY 17TH CENTURY)

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A SHIGARAKI KAKEHANAIRE [HANGING FLOWER VASE] KNOWN AS NUNOHIKI
Momoyama/Early Edo Period (Early 17th Century)
Of typical cylindrical form with turned-in mouth, of coarse stoneware with irregular flame-marks, fitted with a metal eyelet, slight old damage
6 15/16in. (17.7 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Wood storage box inscribed Ko-Shigaraki Nunohiki

The name Nunohiki refers to the way that the glaze falls down the side of the vase in a manner reminiscent of the Nunohiki ['thread-drawn'] Falls in present-day Kobe as well as several other locations in Japan.

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