Jar

Place of OriginJapan

Date300 BCE-552 CE

PeriodYayoi period (300 BCE-250 CE) or Kofun period (250-552)

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsH. 3 1/2 in x Diam. 3 3/4 in, H. 8.9 cm x Diam. 3 3/4 cm

Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection

Object numberB60P970

DepartmentJapanese Art

ClassificationsCeramics

On View

On view

LocationGallery 25

More Information

The round bottom, high lip, and thin wall of this jar suggests that it was made in the late Yayoi or the Kofun period in the old tradition of Yayoi pottery, which became the foundation of the haji ware of the Kofun period. Small vessels such as this jar were likely used for serving food.