Vase, natural fly-ash glaze, stripe pattern silver overglaze

灰釉焼〆銀ストライプ壺
灰釉焼〆銀色條紋壺
灰釉烧银色条纹壶
회유야키시메 은줄무늬 항아리

This vase is like a large, round full moon. It reminds us of the shape of a Korean white porcelain full moon jar, “dalhangari,” of the Joseon dynasty. This vase is planed off with eight facets, each of which is decorated with silver stripes that form a zigzag. The brown ground showing here and there between the silver stripes is the ground color of a mixture of Mashiko and Shigaraki clays. In most cases, the striped pattern that Seto was good at covers the entirety of the geometric form. However, in this work, the ground color peeks through the silver and the beveling is kept to a degree that does not ruin the spherical impression. By combining a modern sensibility distinctive of the artist and traditional beauty, Seto attempted a contemporary “full moon jar (dalhangari).”