A rare and wonderful antique japanese Shigaraki ceramic storage jar with a beautiful watermelon glaze in a copper green stripe in the Shigaraki design and organic shape, possibly for storing water or sake with iron spigot. Shigaraki kilns date from the 17th century, producing exceptional ceramics and is one of the six ancient kilns of Japan near Kyoto. Meiji Period, late 1800s.
21.5"H x 13"D