Ariyama Choyu 有山長佑 (四代長太郎) (Japan, born 1935) Search this
Medium:
Stoneware with iron-based glaze
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 28.4 x 32.2 x 32.2 cm (11 3/16 x 12 11/16 x 12 11/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Date:
1985
Period:
Showa era
Description:
Jar made of light brown, hard-fired pottery; nearly-spherical body shaped by paddle-and-anvil expansion of a wheel-thrown form; flat, string-cut base; short neck ending in wide, everted, nearly-horizontal rim.
Iron-based glaze is chocolate-colored, suffused with irregular yellowish coloration ("kiln transmutation") on shoulder at "front" of jar.
Inscriptions:
Mark: on base, incised mark of maker, four dots and Chinese character cho