Excavated from Katagaoka, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture
11th century
Height 31.7cm, mouth diameter 17.8cm, body diameter 21.7cm, bottom diameter 13.7cm
Shiojiri City Katagaoka Community Center
　This large vase has distinctive features, such as a wide-open, thick mouth and neck, and a body formed directly from the shoulder to the bottom. The clay is grayish-white and rather coarse, and the firing was not very good. The gray glaze, which was applied over the entire surface with a brush, was not fully melted, giving it a yellowish-white color. It is probably from the Tono Shoro kiln in Gifu Prefecture.
