Japan, Jōmon period (c. 10,500–300 BCE) / c. 2500 BCE
Deep Vessel
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Deep Vessel as ceramic (Japan, Jōmon period (c. 10,500–300 BCE) · c. 2500 BCE).
Jōmon , impressed rope patterns, are typical of vessels of this era, so archaeologists named the period after them.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this ceramic as Earthenware with impressed and carved decoration.
The museum's collection notes: This cooking vessel was formed by piling coils of clay atop one another, smoothing and thinning the walls, and then adding surface decoration. Vertical incised squiggle lines as well as diagonal impressed cord patterns create texture. The mouth rises in four dramatic triangular forms, each with a coiled design inside.
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