Cooking Vessel, c. 2500 BC. Japan, Jōmon period (c. 10,500-300 BC). Earthenware with impressed and applied designs; diameter: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.); height: 45.7 cm (18 in.). This asymmetrical vessel has designs made by pressing cord or rope onto the damp clay and cylinders of clay applied to the surface. Based on its designs and shape, it was likely produced in the northern Kanto region. For reasons unknown today, different regions created signature styles.
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