![Tokoname ware: jar.](https://turuta.jp/ceramics-story/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/12/ysf_10661_3-300x300.jpg)
14th century
Height 16.7cm, Mouth diameter 18.8cm, Body diameter 23.6cm, Bottom diameter 12.5cm
Ichinomiya City Board of Education
This jar was excavated from the Ichinomiya City area as a warehouse vessel. The body has a flattened, arithmetic ball shape, and the width of the mouth rim band is remarkably wide. It is made of slightly coarse clay containing fine particles of feldspar and fired with oxidizing iron, with a brownish-brown body covered with a yellowish-green natural glaze in a sesame pattern.