Excavated from Isawa Castle Site, Mizusawa City, Iwate Prefecture
9th century
Height 31.4cm, Mouth diameter 9.7cm, Body diameter 20.0cm, Bottom diameter 10.6cm
Mizusawa City Board of Education
This vessel is a copy of a long-necked vase from the Tokai region, and is thought to have been made by the Inase Kiln. It is thought to have been made in the latter half of the ninth century. The high base is well stretched and retains an old appearance, but the two-stage jointing technique, in which the neck and body are directly joined, was used. The clay is dense with fine feldspar grains, and the surface of the vessel has been adjusted by rolling up the clay and scraping. It is well fired and has a grayish-black fire stick on the shoulder.
