Long-Necked Bottle
Sue ware represents a turning point in the history of Japanese ceramics, marking a break with earthenware production. Japanese craftsmen began to use the potter’s wheel during the seventh and eighth centuries, as revealed by the even walls of this vessel. Fired at a higher temperature than previously achieved—roughly 1000 to 1200° Celsius—Sue wares have bluish-gray bodies. These ceramics were fired in Korean-style kilns, single tunnel-like chambers half-buried in the hillsides.
Artwork Details
- 須恵器 長頚瓶
- Title: Long-Necked Bottle
- Period: Nara period (710–794)
- Date: 8th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Stoneware with natural ash glaze and incised decoration (Sue ware)
- Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.268.425
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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