140. Jeff Abney, moon jar, with lid, ash-glazed

140. Jeff Abney, moon jar, with lid, ash-glazed

For Abney, see item 138.

Gray clay, ash-glazed on the exterior, clear glaze on the interior, base and underside of lid left unglazed. Weight: 965 g (2.2 lb). Height (overall): 13 cm (5-1/8 in). Bottom section. Rim diameter: 5.3 cm (2-1/8 in); mouth diameter: 4.5 cm (1-3/4 in); maximum diameter: 12.5 cm (5 in); base diameter: 9 cm (3-1/2 in). Height: 12.3 cm (4-7/8 in).  Lid. Diameter: 8.2 cm (3-1/4 in); diameter of flange: 4.3 cm (1-11/16 in). Height: 1.7 cm (5/8 in).

This sits on the base, which has a very shallow concavity. The walls rise in a continuous convex arc to the neck. The artist’s marks—a torii gate inside a circle and “JA” inside a circle—were impressed into the exterior wall just above the base. The walls exhibit throw marks in the form of shallow horizontal lines around the circumference. The rim is slightly rolled. The lid has a shape like a mushroom with a flatish cap. The underside, a shallow concave arc, is mirrored in a convex arc on the top; the center of the top has been flattened. The flange is about 0.6 cm (1/4 in) high. It is only slightly smaller than the mouth, and the lid fits snuggly onto the base. The surface of this is coarse and pitted.

The interior has a clear glaze. The exterior, with the exceptions of the base and the underside of the lid, was covered with an ash glaze, resulting in colors ranging from cream through yellow through brown dispersed randomly.

Nicely shaped. The randomness of the coloration is very pleasing.

Purchased from the artist, July 2021.