East Asia, Japan, Jomon Period, ca. 4,000 to 300 BCE, most likely about 3,000 to 4,000 years old. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base, the exterior walls impressed with an uneven and non-linear corrugated pattern made by pressing a cord onto the wet clay before firing; hence the term "jomon" which translates to "cord pattern." The large, upturned rim flares outward relative to its cylindrical form, with six nubbin-shaped projections along the upper periphery. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Heilbrunn Timeline essay, "They (potters of the Incipient Period) produced deep pottery cooking containers with pointed bottoms and rudimentary cord markings—among the oldest examples of pottery known in the world." This vessel may date to the early or the late Jomon period given the relatively simplistic decorations, as those of the middle period were complex in their decorative aspect.
Provenance: private Illinois, USA collection
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Condition
Repaired as is almost always the case, but very little new clay. An impressive example!