Kaiyu ware: Pottery Seal

Kaiyu ware: Pottery Seal
Kaiyu ware: Pottery Seal
Kaiyu ware: Pottery Seal

Excavated from Miyaguchi Old Kiln Site, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture
10th century
Height 6.3 cm, Diameter 4.8 x 4.8 cm
 This is a rare example of a ceramic seal from the Heian period. It was made of white fine clay and shaped by scraping. The seal surface is missing and the characters are unknown. The knob has a thin, mountainous shape with a small hole of 0.5 cm in diameter.
 This is a rare example of a Heian period seal.

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