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Pottery existed for thousands of years in Japan before the Yayoi period, but the development of wet rice agriculture and permanent settlements by previously nomadic communities changed its form significantly. Yayoi period pots were aimed more at long-term storage than those from prior millennia. Their smooth, unadorned surfaces and round shapes also reflect the style of contemporaneous works from the Korean peninsula, indicating the strong ties between Japanese communities and Korean kingdoms at the time.
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155053
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Vessel
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object
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1
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155053
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object
title
Vessel
description
Pottery existed for thousands of years in Japan before the Yayoi period, but the development of wet rice agriculture and permanent settlements by previously nomadic communities changed its form significantly. Yayoi period pots were aimed more at long-term storage than those from prior millennia. Their smooth, unadorned surfaces and round shapes also reflect the style of contemporaneous works from the Korean peninsula, indicating the strong ties between Japanese communities and Korean kingdoms at the time.
date
300s BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60751446
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Ceramic
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height: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.); Diameter: 33 cm (13 in.)
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Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE–300 CE)
accession
1989.69
Source extras
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Earthenware
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Vessel (弥生土器壺), 300s BCE. Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE–300 CE). Earthenware; height: 34 cm (13 3/8 in.); diameter: 33 cm (13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1989.69
titleInOriginalLanguage
弥生土器壺
collection
Japanese Art
didYouKnow
Yayoi ceramics, like this example, were likely made by laying one coil of clay on top of another to form the body of the vessel.
citations
citation
E. H. T. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38–78.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 74; Mentioned: p. 79, no. 231
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
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Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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2026-05-29 08:01:34.052000
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155053
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Earthenware
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