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Source Description
This is an example of Seto ware. The Seto region became a center for the production of utilitarian wares. Potters drew inspiration from Chinese ceramics, including green celadon porcelains and dark brown tenmoku wares. The earliest Seto ceramics may have evolved from failed attempts to reproduce Chinese celadons. Later Seto wares were given a brown iron glaze and fired at high temperatures to create glossy surfaces.
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15824
label
Tea Caddy with Ivory Lid
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15824
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title
Tea Caddy with Ivory Lid
description
This is an example of Seto ware. The Seto region became a center for the production of utilitarian wares. Potters drew inspiration from Chinese ceramics, including green celadon porcelains and dark brown tenmoku wares. The earliest Seto ceramics may have evolved from failed attempts to reproduce Chinese celadons. Later Seto wares were given a brown iron glaze and fired at high temperatures to create glossy surfaces.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 19th century (Edo)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
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tea caddies
lids
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
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Japanese
style
Seto ware
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stoneware with wood-ash glaze, ivory lid
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6194
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JPK
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none
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