Excavated from Futamata No. 1 Tumulus, Kami Ishizu-mura, Gifu.
6th century.
Height 20.7cm, Mouth diameter 6.5-6.9cm, Maximum diameter 25.0cm, Bottom diameter 11.4cm
Nagoya University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Laboratory
This piece was excavated from within the stone chamber of the Futamata No. 1 burial mound, along with a triptych of Sue ware with stand. Of the four jars, two are lidless and the other two have fused lids. It is known from the natural glaze covering on the shoulders that the uncovered jars were also fired with lids, but no lids have been found for these jars. The four jars are common short-necked vases with a short, upright neck and two sunken lines on the body with oblique comb patterns in between. To support the four jars, a receptacle with a watermark was made between the base and the foot. The base is exactly the same as the decorated Sue ware shown in Figure 44, and is a thick cylinder with staggered watermarks and a wavy comb-pattern design between the watermarks. The upper half of the jar is very well fired and covered with a rich dark green natural glaze, while the foot is slightly under-fired and has a grayish-white color.
Decorated Sue ware consisting of many similar vessels was mostly produced in the 6th century, and was originally placed on a stand or a large cup. This variant was probably produced along with the shift to Ming vessels for burial Sue ware. It is thought to have been made at the same time as the three Sue vessels with pedestal.
