Ko-Seto Ewer
B 1624
13th - 14th c. AD, Japan
Height: 18 cm
A stoneware ewer of high-shouldered form with flared mouth-rim. There are two bands of incised concentric lines one just below the neck, and the other at the apex of the shoulder, just below the out-flaring spout (with chipped edge). The molded strap-handle arches up from the shoulder and connects to the neck. The entire piece has streaming green ash glaze over a gray stoneware body fired to a buff color.
This piece is a kiln waster, as the backside has a gaping hole that occurred during the firing process (with its edges covered in ash glaze). One large chip has been restuck, and there is also an unintentional adhesion just under the handle. With copper insert for ikebana.
A similar piece, but with impressed floral decoration, is published in Sekai Touji Zenshu, Shogakukan, Tokyo, 1977. Vol. 3, no. 159.
