The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Cooking Vessel

c. 2500 BCE

Japan, Jōmon period

(c. 10,500–300 BCE)
earthenware with impressed and applied designs
Diameter: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.); height: 45.7 cm (18 in.)
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mr. Joseph Brotherton 1991.172
Location: Not on view

Description

This asymmetrical vessel has designs made by pressing cord or rope onto the damp clay and cylinders of clay applied to the surface. Based on its designs and shape, it was likely produced in the northern Kanto region. For reasons unknown today, different regions created signature styles.
  • ?–1991
    Joseph Brotherton [1918–2012], San Francisco, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1991–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79. Mentioned: p. 79, no. 441 www.jstor.org
    Cunningham Michael R., "Primal Pottery", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 35 no. 07, September 1995 Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 7 archive.org
  • Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 7-July 8, 2019).
    Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 3, 1995).
    Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
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