14th century
Height 41.8 cm, mouth diameter 24.4 cm, body diameter 36.4 cm, bottom diameter 22.0 cm
This is a heavy jar with a thick jade rim and stout shoulders. It is made of high quality clay containing a few fine grains of silica stone, and the clay is rolled up and molded. The shoulders are decorated with three rows of chinkansen lines using a fine mixed comb. It is fired in a reduction firing and has a grayish-black color with a grayish-blue sesame sprinkled natural glaze on the shoulder.
