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Creator Name: Jomon
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Name-CRT: Jomon
Title: Jar
View: front
Creation Start Date: -300
Creation End Date: -200
Creation Date: 3000 B.C. - 2000 B.C.
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: pottery
Materials and Techniques: terracotta
Dimensions: H.21-1/4 x W.22 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 82.9.1
Credit Line: The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Japan's first ceramic culture, the Jomon, produced strongly tactile pottery over 3,500 years ago. This lavishly decorated bowl was probably used during religious ceremonies. Its flamboyant rim, a typical feature of Middle Jomon pottery, is known as the "fire-flame" type (ka'en-shiki), because the coils of clay resemble leaping flames. The word jomon, after which the period is named, means "cord markings," and derives from the distinctive patterns produced by rolling a rope-wrapped stick across the surface of wet clay. The lower portion of this vessel bears these markings, together with incised whimsical designs.


AMICA ID: MIA_.82.9.1
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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