Liquid Storage Bottle

Item number Ed5.3155 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Flat unglazed base showing coarse grey-brown body; compressed barrel form rounding into short neck with a straight galleried lip. Two irregular grooves 2 cm. above the base give the impression of a foot. Covered in glossy opaque red-brown glaze, which displays fine iron specks, falling just short of the base, with one vertical reserved panel in opaque matte yellow-white slip. Some random grit incorporated in the glossy glaze, particularly near the base; minor flaws and scrapes on either side of the reserved panel.

History Of Use

Seto pottery was produced under the auspices of the Owari clan in whose fief the Mino kilns also lay. At the end of the Momoyama Period (1614 C.E.), the centre of production shifted from Seto to Mino. Here the potteries concentrated on objects connected with the tea ceremony. The glazed, high fired stoneware was mass produced, generally in the form of household articles and tea wares for the gentry, the townspeople, and well-to-do farmers, according to Mikami. By the early 19th century much of the market switched to porcelain and there was a severe decline in the pottery business.