PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN W. GRUBER
A Seto Ware Dish and a Mashiko-Style Stoneware Bottle

(20TH CENTURY), THE BOTTLE WITH IMPRESSED MARK

細節
A Seto Ware Dish and a Mashiko-Style Stoneware Bottle
(20th century), the bottle with impressed mark
The dish thickly potted and set on a ring foot rising up to a wide rim and painted on the interior with a willow tree in cobalt-blue and brown iron-oxide and covered with a clear, crackled glaze, the cavetto with five spur marks; foot unglazed; the square bottle decorated overall with persimmon glaze, the front and rear panels painted with diagonal stripes of green glaze
11in. (27.9cm.) diameter; 8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) high

拍品專文

Large stoneware dishes like the one offered here were made at the Seto complex of kilns (near Nagoya) and were used for serving food in country households, restaurants, and hostelries for travelers.