Tokoname ware: jar.

Tokoname ware: jar.
Tokoname ware: jar.
Tokoname ware: jar.

Excavated from Oaza-Deno, Togo-mura, Toyono-gun, Osaka, 12th century
Height 33.6cm, mouth diameter 23.0cm, body diameter 34.8cm, bottom diameter 12.3cm
Tokyo National Museum
 The edgework of the mouth rim is thin, but the joint between the shoulder and the neck of the mouth is indistinguishable due to the gentle curve and the sharp inflection of the shoulder. The brownish-brown clay is very well finished, with a yellowish-green natural glaze that flows down the lower half of the body.

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