Storage Jar: Tamba Ware

1400s Diameter: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); Overall: 45 cm (17 11/16 in.) Source image
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This vessel served as a storage container for rice or other grains in medieval farming communities. The piece was made by potters in Tamba, a fertile region west of Kyoto which used such vessels to send its agricultural products to towns throughout western Japan. Tamba ware is...

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