Deep Vessel
Unknown Artist
c. 2500 BCE
Medium
Earthenware with impressed and carved decoration
Dimensions
h. 44.7 cm · diam. 36.8 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1998.32
About this artwork
This cooking vessel was formed by piling coils of clay atop one another, smoothing and thinning the walls, and then adding surface decoration. Vertical incised squiggle lines as well as diagonal impressed cord patterns create texture. The mouth rises in four dramatic triangular forms, each with a coiled design inside.