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    "localId": "151950",
    "label": "Jar",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "151950",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Jar",
    "description": "The banding around this jar’s upper portion is an unusual feature for Yayoi pottery, which usually has a flat surface. It was likely made in western Japan, between Seto in Aichi prefecture and Kyushu, the southernmost main island. It is not believed to be a cooking vessel, but may have been used for storage. The ash spots occurred naturally during firing.",
    "date": "c. 100 BCE–100 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.26",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79935893"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.26/1984.26_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.26/1984.26_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.26/1984.26_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.); Overall: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE–300 CE)"
    ],
    "accession": "1984.26"
}

{
    "tec": "burnished earthenware",
    "tombstone": "Jar, c. 100 BCE–100 CE. Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE–300 CE). Burnished earthenware; diameter: 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.); overall: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1984.26",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 206, no. 163",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159897"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cunningham, Michael R., \"Asian Autumn\", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 35 no. 08, October 1995",
            "page_number": "Mentioned & reproduced: p. 5",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1995-08/page/4"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.26",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:50:41.316000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1984.26/1984.26_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 151950,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "burnished earthenware",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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