Japan, Middle Jomon period Deep Jar About 3000-2000 B.C. Earthenware with modeled and impressed decor 22 inches wide, 21-1/4 inches high The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund 82.9.1

• This prehistoric EARTHENWARE pot was made by the Jomon (JO- mohng) people, the first culture to produce CERAMIC wares in Japan.
   
• The artist who made the deep jar pressed long COILS of clay together to form a distinctive shape and then applied the imaginative rim at the top.
   
• The cylindrical body is lightly textured with diagonal LOW- RELIEF designs made by rolling or pressing rope or cord patterns into the wet clay.
   
• This jar was probably used during religious ceremonies, perhaps at times for cooking over an open fire.
  
  

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