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Archaeological Relics
Decorated Sueki Jar
基本情報
- Excavation from Nishimiyayama Tumulus, Hyogo Prefecture
- Japan, Kofun Period, 6th century
- H. 37.5 cm
- Kyoto National Museum (JK216)
Four diminutive cups and figurines of humans and animals decorate the shoulder of this jar. The lively figurines evoke scenes from daily life: wrestlers and a referee, a deer hunt and the carrying home of the game. Such decorated jars were widely produced in the early-6th Century for burial in stone chamber tombs.
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