A blue vessel striped with silver and spattered with a dusting of pale snow by Seto Hiroshi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ao Kessho-yu Sutraipu Kabin (Blue-glazed Striped Vase). It is 24 x 13 x 23 cm (9-1/2 x 5 x 9 inches) and is in excellent condition. It comes with a catalog from his 30th anniversary exhibition held in 1990.
Seto Hiroshi (1941-1994) studied pottery under Living National Treasures Tomimoto Kenkichi and Kondo Yuzo in Kyoto before establishing himself in Mashiko, where he served to bring tradition into the modern age with his unique look at form and glaze. He was exhibited and awarded widely including the Nihon Togei-Ten National Ceramic Exhibition and is held in any number of important Domestic and International collections.
