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Jars, cooking vessels, and footed dishes, unearthed throughout the Japanese archipelago since 1884, are the most common forms of Yayoi pottery. This piece was coil-built and paddled; firing turned the buff-colored earthenware red and black in places. Incised crescent shapes reflect an earlier tradition of pressing patterns into clay with shells.
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弥生土器 壺
Title: Jar
Period: Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE–ca. 400 CE)
Date: ca. 2nd–4th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Earthenware with incised decoration (Kinki region)
Dimensions: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); W. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 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
Accession Number: 1975.268.375
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