Flame-rimmed” deep bowl (kaen doki) Japan The swirling, dynamic appearance of the rim of this bowl is one of the most recognizable characteristics of wares from Japan’s oldest-known civilization. Although most J?mon containers were cooking vessels, the wildly irregular rim of this type seems unsuitable for practical use and may instead have served a ritual function. Built with coils of clay smoothed by hand and with paddles, the bowl has a dramatically simpler lower body that was impressed with a rough cord before being fired in an open pit.. Flame-rimmed” deep bowl (kaen doki). Japan. Earthenware with cord-marked and incised decoration. Middle Jomon period (ca. 3500-2500 B.C.). Ceramics
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