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Jar with Combed Design

400s–500s CE

Japan, Kofun period

(300–710 CE)
Medium
stoneware with natural ash glaze, impressed and tooled patterns (Sue ware)
Measurements
Diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); Overall: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.); Diameter of rim: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Shigehiko Yanagi 1991.124
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This bulbous stoneware vessel narrows into a double-ringed neck before opening into a wide, flared rim that tilts slightly downward. A glossy, olive-brown glaze pools across the shoulder, dripping in thick streaks over a dark surface etched with cross-hatched patterns. Combed wavy lines circle the neck, contrasting the vessel's rugged, earthy lower half with the smooth, lustrous finish of the glaze.

Jar with Combed Design

400s–500s CE

Japan, Kofun period (300–710 CE)

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