A Rare Japanese Seto-yaki Fan-shaped Mingei Pottery Dish. Edo Period

Max. Diam. 7 ins. (17.8 cms) Seto stoneware pottery with its briskly drawn expressive designs is one of the glories of Mingei (folkcraft) pottery. This design, on a fan shaped cake dish, shows a boatman amongst reeds, punting down the river or lake. Unusually for Seto-yaki there are enamelled details in red, yellow and green. The body and the crackled glaze with its iron brushwork is familiar from the more common abura-zara (oil lamp dishes) and ishizara (large food serving dishes).

The dish is in excellent condition with no damage and no repairs. It dates from the early 19th. century during the Edo period.

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