Ancient Glazed Stoneware
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Lidded Jar, Found in Ibaraki City, Osaka, Nara period, 8th century (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan) Japanese Archaeology Gallery
March 12, 2024 (Tue) - September 16, 2024 (Mon)Ancient Japanese glazed stoneware includes stoneware glazed with ash, three-color, and green glazes. Such varieties of Japanese stoneware evolved while being greatly influenced by imported equivalents, such as glazed porcelain and celadon-glazed stoneware, which were brought in through trade from continental Asia and the Korean Peninsula.
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
CMT | ||
| Highlight | Important Cultural Property | Lidded Jar | Found in Ibaraki City, Osaka | Nara period, 8th century | J-35627 | ||
| Highlight | Bowls | Found at the Isawa Castle Site, Iwate | Heian period, 9th century | Lent by the Center for Buried Cultural Properties, Ōshū City Cultural Promotion Foundation, Iwate | |||
| Highlight | Stupa | Reportedly found at the site of Hosshōji Temple, Kyoto | Heian period, 8th–12th century | Private Collection |