Excavated from Heijo Palace Site, Saki-machi, Nara City
8th century
Height 32.2cm, mouth diameter 29.0cm, body diameter 35.7cm
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
　This jar, with a spherical body and a short, wide-mouthed neck, was an everyday vessel used in the 8th century. It is made of coarse sandy clay and was molded by winding up the clay with a lattice-like beating technique to adjust the vessel surface.
