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05/24 17:40 EDT

A Pottery Tea Jar - Samurai Wave or Wheel Motif
May 2015 Auction by Far East Asian Art

A handsome little tea jar decorated with a traditional Samurai wave pattern design in handpainted slip trailing decoration, under the glaze. Alternatively, the design could be a highly stylized interpretation of the traditional "floating wheel" design that dates back to the 12th century. That motif derives from the early practice of soaking the wheels for bullock carts in the Kamo River in Kyoto; wheels thus treated were stronger and held their shape longer...
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03/26 11:56 EDT