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 Kiln No.3, Konjikin 3, Kanayama, Tokoname-shi, Aichi
13th century
Height 23.3cm, Mouth diameter 11.5cm, Body diameter 18.7cm, Bottom diameter 8.5cm
Nagoya University Archaeology Laboratory
 Based on the form of the bowls and other vessels that accompanied it, it is dated to the early 13th century. It is made of highly refractory white clay, and the three sunken lines are evenly spaced in the center of the body. The natural glaze, which flows down from the shoulder to the body, has a cobalt color with a clouded white tone.

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