Recent find from an old Fuchchimaya, Japan tea pottery collection!

This is an extraordinary large Japanese Tamba Pot from the late Momoyama to early Edo periods,16th/17th century

Used for tea storage, this superb example possesses just the right tilt of the head and mouth, some say wabi-sabi – the Japanese aesthetic of perfection in the imperfection – that unmistakable sublime look and feel collectors seek and covet. It has no repairs or damages.

We were very lucky to have found this one on our most recent acquisitions trip to Japan. It would be difficult to improve on this fine example.

Large Dimensions:  15 inches high and 15 inches diameter widest

Provenance: old Fuchchimaya tea art collection

History of Tamba Pottery:

Tamba pottery is one of the six ancient potteries in Japan, and it was first started back in the late Heian period and early Kamakura period (1180-1230). During its long history, Tamba pottery’s pursuit for usefulness has made this traditional artwork simple, yet elegant. Tamba Tachikui Kiln is currently designated as a National Intangible Cultural Asset. It was produced in Sasayama and Tachikui in Hyōgo Prefecture.

Wabi-sabi (侘寂?) is a concept in traditional Japanese aesthetics constituting a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".[2] It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence specifically impermanence, suffering and emptiness or absence of self-nature.