SETO WARE 16th CENTURY Japanese Pottery
A Rare Japanese Seto Ware Tenmoku Chawan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) or Momoyama period (1573–1615) 16th Century. Teabowl in Imitation of Chinese of Chinese Jian Ware.
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- Condition
- a triple section broken from the edge and reattached c.38 mm. A large chip to the foot restored and a metal rim added.
- Size
- Diameter : 12.5 cm (5 inches)
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 24132
- References
- Momoyama-Keramik Und Ihr Einfluss Auf Die Gegenwart (Various authors, Gurdrun-Esters for the Keramion Foundation, Frechen, Germany, 2011. ISBN 978-3-94005-6-8.) This bowl is illustrated on page 26, plate 13. For a Mino ware Seto type bowl of this type but of a more distinctly Japanese form see : Hare`s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Chinese Brown And Black Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400 (Robert D. Mowry, Harvard University Art Museum Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996) page 53, figure 4.
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