Seto ware vase
Date1185-1333
Maker
Japanese
Label TextBeginning with the earlier Sanage kilns located east of Nagoya, Seto wares began to be created in the 12th century. Counted among Japan’s “Six Ancient Kilns,” Seto was the only pottery center to create glazed pottery during this period.
Object number53.19
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum, 1960.
Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, November 13 - 28, 1965, cat. no 109.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Ash-Glazed Ceramics from Korea and Japan, July 9, 2025 – ongoing.Published ReferencesFeddersen, M., "Japanese Decorative Art", 1962, fig. 11, p. 46
Fuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 69
"Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 109
Jermyns, Soame. "A Seto Vase of the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), in The British Museum Quarterly, Vol. 21 No. 4 (Oct 1959), p. 104-106.Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions16 1/4 in. (41.28 cm)
Girth: 22 1/4 in.
Diam.: 7 in.
Diam. bottom: 6 in.
MediumPorcelain (Seto ware) with glaze
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