Seto ware

Wide-Mouthed Storage Jar with Peony Vines. Kamakura period, 14th century. Important Cultural Property of Japan. Tokyo National Museum
Kiseto water jar, clay covered with glaze and iron-brown splashes and black lacquer cover, Momoyama or Edo period, 17th century
Stoneware tea caddy with wood-ash and iron glazes, Edo period, early 19th century

Seto ware (瀬戸焼, Seto-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery, stoneware, and ceramics produced in and around the city of Seto in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The Japanese term for it, setomono, is also used as a generic term for all pottery. Seto was the location of one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.

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