Spouted Vessel
Clay vessels with round, decorative bumps were widely produced in northeastern Japan over 3,000 years ago. This one has a phallic spout, suggesting it may have been used in fertility rituals.
- Cultural property designation
- Important Cultural Property
- Quantity
- Artist
- Period/Century
- Jōmon period, 2000–1000 BC
- Country/Origin
- Excavation site
- Found in Towada City, Aomori
- Material
- Earthenware
- Size
- Inscriptions
- Donor
- Collection reference no.
- J-37265
- Genre
- Archaeology
- Category
- Archaeology > Media > Earthenware, stoneware, porcelain
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