| Cultural Property |
Important Cultural Property |
| Date1 |
Nara period |
| Date2 |
8th Century |
| Height (cm) |
17.5 |
| Maximum Diameter (cm) |
25.1 |
| Weight (g) |
1,943 |
| Collection |
The ATAKA Collection |
| Credit Line |
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka (gift of SUMITOMO Group, the ATAKA Collection), photograph by 〓（Please credit the name of the photographer which is indicated at the bottom left of each image） |
| Accession No. |
00167 |
| Description |
Sancai (three color) ware produced in Japan during the Nara period (710-794) under the influence of Tang sancai ware is called "Nara sancai ware." A representative ware would be the "Shoso-in sancai", named after the treasure house holding mostly 8th-century royal objects. This almost neck-less jar is known in Japan as yakko (literally meaning "medicine jar"). There is an excavated example which was used for containing cremated bones. White and yellow (or brown) glazes are dotted onto the green-glazed background, though parts of the glaze display exfoliation and silvery shine due to weathering. This jar is said to have been excavated from a site in Ikoma County, Nara Prefecture during the Ansei era (1854-59) of the Edo period and was formerly preserved by the Hirase family of Osaka. |
| URL for TIFF images* |
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiGiuwfOF8uugx3ecLFd5BupBptl?e=vGy1tC |
