南蛮建水なんばんけんすい

  • 東南アジア
  • 16-17世紀
  • 16-17c
  • 素焼褐釉陶製
  • H-7.9 D-14
Catalogue Entry

16th to 17th centuries
Namban ware, earthenware
Height, 7.9cm; mouth diameter, 13.7cm

Examples of so-called Namban ware fresh water jars and flower vases were used during the Muromachi period, and it is not clear when these wares began to also be used as
kensui waste water jars. A well-known example of Namban ware kensui waste water jars is the large jar with tan glaze, and there are several examples, as here, where Southeast Asian utilitarian vessels have been used as waste water jars. The origins of this waste
water jar are not clear, and there are examples of Namban wares from Vietnam, Thailand, and the southern provinces of China, and even some ceramics from the Korean
Peninsula are called Namban ware.

The shape of this waste water jar seems to be based on a metallic vessel form with a
stepped layer in its broad mouth and again in the upper area of the torso. The stretch of
fine, wavy comb lines along the top of the torso area is a device often seen in Namban
wares. A thinly applied dark brown glaze has been applied to the vessel's exterior surface, and Namban wares are either glazed, as here, or are unglazed wares. TA

解説(春の玉手箱)

 南蛮陶の建水のなかで広く知られるのは見込に渋釉が施された甕の蓋であるが,なかにはこの作品のように東南アジアの日常的な器が見立てられた例も多い。この建水の産地は明らかではないが,日本に渡来した南蛮陶の産地としてはベトナムやタイが知られ,また中国南部のものや,朝鮮半島のやきものが南蛮物とされている例もある。
 この建水の形は金属器を模したものであろうか,平らな口端に段をもち,胴上部にも段がつけられている。胴半ばに施された細い波状の櫛目も南蛮陶によく見られるところである。器表には薄く褐釉が掛けられているが,南蛮陶にはこのような施釉物と無釉の物とがある。