Tokoname ware: jar with three horizontal grooves.

Tokoname ware: jar with three horizontal grooves.
Tokoname ware: jar with three horizontal grooves.
Tokoname ware: jar with three horizontal grooves.

Excavated from the site of Iiyama Hakusan Shrine, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa
12th century
Height 23.0cm, Bore 9.0cm, Body 17.0cm, Bottom 7.8cm
Atsugi Ryuzo Shrine
 This is a relatively early three-jawed jar with an outwardly bowed mouth neck and large shoulder bulges. The body is covered with three parallel chinkaku lines. The base is made of coarse clay with high iron content. The body is coarse clay with a high iron content, and the clay is rolled up and molded. The ware has a brownish-brown color with a light yellowish-green natural glaze covering the entire surface of the shoulder.

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