Sansai glazed ware: covered jar.
Excavated from Ikoma-gun, Nara Pref.
8th century
Height 17.5cm, Mouth diameter 14.3cm, Body diameter 24.9cm, Bottom diameter 15.5cm
Important Cultural Property
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
　Formerly owned by the Hirase family of Kyoto, it has a box label stating that it was excavated during the Ansei era. This is a typical Nara period jar with a flat body and a high base, as in the Koya Ro example. The glaze is green, yellow, and white in three colors, with a common pattern of white and yellow glaze on a green-glazed staggered bird’s-eye design.
