Excavated from Byodo Kamidaishidani Higashi Kiln, Echizen-cho, Niu-gun, Fukui
13th century
Height 15.9cm, mouth diameter 35.8cm, bottom diameter 13.7cm
Nagoya University Archaeology Laboratory
This is the oldest complete Echizen suribachi known today. The slightly deep body, which opens outward in a straight line, is a close duplicate of a Tokoname ware from the middle of the Kamakura period (1185-1333). The only difference between the two is that the edge of the mouth has a spout. The early examples also have a high stand, which is also similar.
There is a kiln mark 4 on the inner surface.
