Excavated from Kinzaki tumulus, Nishikawazu-cho, Matsue-shi, Shimane.
5th century.
Total height: 12.1cm (cover) diameter: 9.3cm (bowl) height: 9.2cm (mouth diameter: 7.8cm)
Laboratory of Archaeology, Kyoto University
The high cup, together with the lid cup, is one of the most universal Sue ware vessel forms. Four types of high cups, two with lids and two without lids, were used in combination in the Kofun period. The early type is very similar to the Nansen type, with a large square or rectangular watermark on a thick pedestal.
This is one of the oldest types of high cups, with a deep cup with a raised lid with a thick pedestal, and a wavy comb pattern on the side rim of the body and an ear made by folding a thin clay cord. It is thought to have been produced at the Touyuu kiln, and belongs to the late 5th century, when no other Sue ware was being produced, and still retains Nansen-like colors.
