須恵器 横瓶|Recumbent bottle (yokobe)

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late 6th century · Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Sue ware) · Asian Art

This yokobe, or barrel-shaped vessel with a neck on its side, was produced to store liquids, primarily sake. It was coil-built in sections and smoothed by being beaten with wood tools. Fired standing on its side in a high-temperature, Korean-style single-chamber tunnel kiln (anagama), it acquired its streaked surface from falling ash.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 6th century

Medium

Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Sue ware)

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015