7th century
Height 25.8cm, Mouth diameter 8.0cm, Body diameter 12.7cm
Tokyo National Museum
This is an unusual narrow-necked jar with a long, oval body and an elongated neck with an open mouth rim. The bottom is 6.5 cm in diameter and has a flat bottom.
The neck of the mouth is decorated with three double lines and the upper half of the body with a comb-teeth design. It may be a variant of a narrow-necked vase. It is well fired, with a natural glaze of the color of decayed leaves on the shoulder. It was made in the late 7th century.
