Seto ware: ewer with handle, ash glaze.

Seto ware: ewer with handle, ash glaze.
Seto ware: ewer with handle, ash glaze.
Seto ware: ewer with handle, ash glaze.

Excavated from Nagaso, Higashishirasaka-cho, Seto City, Aichi Prefecture
15th century
Height 17.2cm, mouth diameter 3.8cm, body diameter 15.8cm, bottom diameter 9.0cm
 This is an unusual pitcher with a mouth neck similar to that of a plum vase. The body is round and bulging, and the handle is relatively small. It is made of yellowish-white clay and is water-ground. The shoulder and body are decorated with chink lines.
 The ash glaze has been left on the waist. It was made near the middle of the 15th century.

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