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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Kanto District
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Japan
- Period
- Jômon period 10,500 - 300 BCE → Japan
- Date
- circa 6000 BCE-circa 3000 BCE
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- earthenware
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 19.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1977
- Location
- South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries
- Accession number
- 363.1977
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Jômon ware
Works in the collection
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About
With its restrained decoration, this small jar is the earliest example of Japanese pottery in the collection. It's 'cord pattern', over-incised by wider lines, is typical of pottery made in the Kanto district (present-day Tokyo and environs) during the mid to late Jomon period. The patterns in Jomon pottery are thought to have meaning rather than being purely decorative, but their meanings are not known today. This type of jar was used to cook food, most likely half-buried in a fire, with the lugs functioning as handles.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.260.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Ceramics', Sydney, 2003, 260 (colour illus.).
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Provenance
pre 1977, Kanto District/Japan, excavated in kanto District, Japan.
AKAI Mitsuru, 1977, Kyoto/Japan
Aladdin Gallery, 1977, Potts Point/Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, purchased from Akai Mitsuru, Japan. Purchased from Aladdin Gallery by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Sep 1977.