THREE CADDIES FOR POWERED TEA (CHAIRE).
Japan. 18th/19th c.

Fine light grey stoneware. a) Bulbous nasu shape. Black brown spotted iron glaze. Original ivory lid; underneath gilding removed. H.7cm; ?6.5cm. Underneath and old collector's label: "61." and residue of a red collectors seal.
b) Gourd shape (hyotan). Glazed. Original ivory lid; underneath gilt. H.6.4cm; ?6cm. Enclosed an old collection note: "Tea urn (Chaire) light gray fine clay with shiny; brown glaze and black-brown; slightly iridescent overglaze. Hon-itokiri. Pottery of Iga; 16th-17th c. Rare". Underneath old collection label: 2/.
c) Thin iron slip and kaki glaze (tetsu yu) with black running. Original ivory lid; underside gilt. In tsubo form on a small flat foot with itokiri. The bulbous body with turning grooves and slightly deformed. Shoulder almost horizontal; the retracted neck with swinging out lip. H.7.7cm; ?5.3cm. Inside a collector's label: 5. At the lip chipped and repaired; lid chipped; too. Condition C. Supplement: Not matching: Flat; square; brown lacquered wooden box (h.6;5cm; 13x13cm) with silk bag (shifuku).

Provenance:
Collection Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965); since then bequest of the family estate.
Art trade; Van Ham.