Excavated from Haibara Kiln, Harihara-cho, Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
14th century
Height 27.5cm, Mouth diameter 16.0cm, Body diameter 25.9cm, Bottom diameter 16.5cm
This is a wide-mouth vase with an inka design from the peak of its age. The mouth is upright, the shoulder is small, and the body is high in comparison with its diameter. The design consists of 44 petal-like patterns in double lines along the upper edge of the shoulder, and a peony arabesque design in the center with eight units and nine units in the upper and lower sections, respectively. The waist is decorated with 20 units of sword-tip design. When the entire surface of the vessel is decorated in this manner, the type of seal flowers used is determined according to the part of the surface to be decorated.
