Incense Box: Seto Ware (1200s–1300s): Art, History and Details

Incense Box: Seto Ware (1200s–1300s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Old Seto, also called Koseto ware, was typically coated with an ash glaze in the mineral feldspar, which produced a yellow or grayish-green glaze. This palette appealed to medieval Buddhist priests and samurai alike. The practice of burning incense in religious, court, and domestic settings dates from the early 700s in Japan.

Object facts

• Title: Incense Box: Seto Ware
• Date: 1200s–1300s
• Culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: glazed stoneware
• Dimensions: Diameter: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1975.170.a

Collection credit

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee

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