Ofuke or Seto ware sake bottle
Kato Soshiro
1615
- Medium
- Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear green-toned glaze
- Genre
- Vessel
Styles
Tags
Japanese ArtceramicsOfuke wareEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionstonewareWine and wine making
About
Light gray clay. Incised and stamped motifs accented with underglaze cobalt. Oval potter's seal "Shuntai" impressed on base to left of center. Clear glaze, gray-green in tone, crackled and stained brown by sake. Foot unglazed.