Sue funerary jar
From Kotani village, Kōzuke Province,
Japan
Kofun period, 6th century
AD
High-fired pottery with ash
glaze
This elaborate ritual tomb jar has an unusually
high pierced stand, and models of birds, deer, dogs and a boar
attached at the shoulder. It has a particularly well-developed
patterning of cord marks and incised bands. It was excavated at
Kotani village in Kozuke Province.
L. Smith, V. Harris and T. Clark, Japanese art: masterpieces in (London, The British Museum Press, 1990)