unglazed stoneware, blackish with touches of white around rim and in crevices; beak on rim with two holes and touch of red pigment inside it; one-third of rim decoration is broken off; incised linear and swirling motif around shoulder; textured surface on underside and below shoulder design

Jar with broken rim, 11th-5th century BCE

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This short, bulbous jar, probably used to store liquids, features several levels of decorations between the neck and shoulders, around the body, and around the base. These designs were carved into the clay when it was leather hard, but before firing. Although the rim is almost entirely missing, the remaining section reveals the protruding ornamentation that once covered it.

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Title
Jar with broken rim
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.79.271
Catalogue Raisonne
Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 575
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unglazed stoneware, blackish with touches of white around rim and in crevices; beak on rim with two holes and touch of red pigment inside it; one-third of rim decoration is broken off; incised linear and swirling motif around shoulder; textured surface on underside and below shoulder design