Pedestalled Dish
Unknown Artist
c. 1000–500 BCE
Medium
burnished earthenware with carved and impressed decoration
Dimensions
9.5 × 19 × 5.1 cm · pedestal: 3.5 × 3.5 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
2001.133
About this artwork
The Jomon period (10,500-300 BC) marks the beginning of the Japanese ceramic tradition, one of the most vibrant in world history. Major features such as an emphasis on asymmetrical silhouettes, great attention to surface texture, technological simplicity, and ambivalence to bright color already appear in this era. Late Jomon vessels are typically formed of a dense clay paste, and during this period, smaller serving vessels appear, in contrast to earlier deep storage or cooking vessel shapes. New...