信楽桧垣文壺
- 滋賀県・信楽窯
- 室町時代
- 15c
- H-25.4 D-22
湾曲して外反する広口をもつ檜垣文壼である。檜垣文は二重檜垣で、いわゆる矢羽根形の古様を示すものとなっている。灰被りが変質して剥落し、白くカセている。全体から侘びた風情を強く感じさせる壼となっている。肩部の白くカセた部分には「窯」らしき字が刻まれている。
Catalogue Entry
Muromachi Period, 15th century
H. 25.4, MD. 14.0, TD. 22.3, BD. 15.0
Miho Museum, Shiga
This jar with cypress fence pattern has a curving, everted wide mouth. The clay is rough with a great deal of feldspar and silica inclusions. The jar was lightly fired and there are a considerable number of stone bursts and cracks. The pattern is a double cypress fence pattern, in the older style known as the arrow feather form. The jar was coil-built and has a flat base. The ash has changed since firing and largely flaked off, leaving a whitened, sere effect. The jar has an extremely desolate and lonely feel. A character resembling "kiln" in Japanese was carved in the whitened dried glaze section on the shoulder.