Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bowl

Japan

Date

12th century

Medium

Sanage ware, stoneware

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Sanage ware resembles Chinese ceramics, having emerged in the 700s as an affordable substitute for expensive imported Chinese ceramics and the Japanese luxury wares they inspired. Known as the earliest glazed stoneware in Japan, Sanage ware was primarily made in central Honshū, the largest and most populous island of Japan, and remained popular until the 1100s, when it was superseded by another type of glazed stoneware produced in the region, now known as “Seto ware.” Asia

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