Excavated in Wakashiro, Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture
14th century
Height 12.7cm, mouth diameter 8.2cm x 8.8cm, body diameter 12.9cm, bottom diameter 8.5cm
Katsuyama Town Central Community Center
　This is one of the most beautiful of the many small kataguchi jars from Bizen. It is made of high quality clay and wheel-thrown, with the mouth rim partially pressed down from both sides to create a bird-shaped mouth. The lower half of the body is decorated with fine “soma-gaki” (thinly painted) engravings. It is well fired and has a slight red fire color, with a yellowish-white sesame sprinkled natural glaze on the mouth and shoulders.
