Tokoname ware jar (常滑焼)
Tokoname ware jar (常滑焼)
Tokoname ware jar (常滑焼)
Tokoname ware jar (常滑焼)

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Tokoname ware jar (常滑焼),

12th–13th century

Japanese
Late Heian period to early Kamakura period, 1185–1333, 794–1185
y1989-42

Information

Title
Tokoname ware jar (常滑焼)
Dates

12th–13th century

Medium
Tokoname ware ceramic; decorated with incised lines and ash glaze
Dimensions
h. 24.5 cm., diam. 19.3 cm. (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Mrs. Edward L. Elliott, by exchange, and Duane E. Wilder, Class of 1951
Object Number
y1989-42
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese
Period
Kamakura, Late Heian
Type
ceramics, tokoname, jars
Materials
ceramic, glaze
Techniques
incising

–1989 James Freeman, Neston Ltd (Kyoto, Japan), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1989

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