Wide-mouthed Jar, 3rd century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Earthenwareexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.272
Not on Viewexpand_more
The bulbous body of this jar, probably used to store liquids or grains, swells from a small base and narrows at the neck, which supports a wide, flaring rim decorated with groups of vertical strips. The decoration and proportions of this jar are characteristic of pots from the Yayoi period (300 BCE–250 CE). Objects like this were first discovered in the 1880s at excavation sites near Yayoi-chō, the area of central Tokyo from which the Yayoi period takes its name.
Details
- Title
- Wide-mouthed Jar
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.272
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 576
- Curator Approved
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