flask, unknown maker from Japan

Artwork Overview

flask
500s–600s, Asuka period (552 CE–645 CE)
flask , 500s–600s, Asuka period (552 CE–645 CE)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: stoneware; Sue
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 22 x 19 x 13 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 8 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Barbara Benton Wescoe Fund
Accession number: 1996.0069
On display: Stewart Gallery

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Images

Label texts

Archive Label 2003: Jomon period potters were the first ceramic-using inhabitants in Japan and the makers of the oldest currently known pottery in the world.

Exhibitions

Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2022–2027