Vase in meiping shape, 13th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Seto ware, Ko-Seto type; stoneware with ash glazeexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.280
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瀬戸 Seto ware, 古瀬戸 Ko-Seto type
The shape of this vase, produced at a Seto kiln in the 1200s, is modeled on earlier Chinese examples called “meiping” (literally, “plum vase”), characterized by wide bodies and shoulders with narrow necks. Stoneware pottery decorated with light green or yellow-green ash glazes was first produced at kilns in the Seto area of Owari Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture) in the 1200s. Early examples of Seto ware, called “Ko-Seto,” echo celadon-glazed porcelains from Song-dynasty China and Goryeo-dynasty Korea.
Details
- Title
- Vase in meiping shape
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.280
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 585
- Curator Approved
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