Excavated from Fujikubo, Iruma-gun, Saitama
8th century
Total height 25.3cm, (lid) diameter 14.7cm, (body) height 21.9cm, (body) diameter 21.6cm, (bottom) diameter 12.5cm
Tokyo National Museum
This jar belongs to the ancient style of short-necked vases with long bodies. The body is already flat-bottomed, but rounded from shoulder to breast, and should be dated to the first half of the 8th century. The body is already flat-bottomed, but rounded from shoulder to breast, and should be dated to the first half of the 8th century. However, it is a thin and neatly made jar.
