Fire-flame Cooking Vessel (Ka'en Doki)

c. 2500 BCE height: 61 cm (24 in.); Diameter: 55.8 cm (21 15/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.68

Archaeologists call this kind of vessel “fire flame,” ka’en in Japanese, because its top resembles flames. No one knows why the design was made or what it actually represents. This example is remarkable for the amount that is original. It was recently determined that a bottom...

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