Sue ware: jar with decorated base

Sue ware, jar with decorated base
Sue ware: jar with decorated base
Sue ware: jar with decorated base

Excavated from Otsuka Tumulus, Osafune-cho, Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture
6th century
Height 47.4cm, mouth diameter 20.4cm, bottom diameter 20.8-22.6cm
 This is a unique decorative jar with a band of decoration around the shoulder of the base and various statues on the band. Four small jars are placed on the four sides of the band, and between them are seven figures: three, two, one, and one. Three of the figures are wearing headdresses and their hands are raised in front of them as if they were dancing. The other figures are standing with their hands raised in front of them, and it is not clear what they are trying to express.

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