Excavated from Sanage Kiln, Aichi Pref.
10th century
Height 30.0cm, mouth diameter 13.5cm, body diameter 20.6cm, bottom diameter 12.4cm
Goto Museum of Art
This two-storied vessel was made of grayish-white, highly refractory high-quality clay and wheel-thrown.
The two-stage configuration, with the shoulder directly connected to the neck, allows us to place the date of production in the first half of the 10th century, based on the loss of shoulder tension, the slightly enlarged body at the base, and the shape of the thick neck with a large, open mouth rim. At this stage, the potter’s wheel had begun to decline somewhat compared to the previous period. The ash glaze was applied with a brush to the neck and shoulders and melted well, running down to the lower half of the body and forming a glaze pool at the end. The glaze is yellowish green with some cloudiness. Ash-glazed long-necked vases were abundant during this period, and many large vases with a height of over 30 cm were produced. This is one of the most outstanding of these large ash-glazed long-necked vases.
