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Prehistoric jar
Prehistoric jar

Prehistoric jar

Dateca. 3000 B.C.
Object number52.119
Published ReferencesKawano, Kazutaka, Shigeo Iida, Rui Ichimoto, Shogo Osawa, Masanori Kawano, and Ryo Yamamoto. "Survey of Japanese and Oriental Archaeological Works in the Collection of the Seattle Asian Art Museum," MUSEUM, no. 705 (April 2023): 4 (color), 25 (b&w). Tokyo National Museum, 2023. Cf. 51.40, 51.104, 51.105, 52.119, 56.118, 56.120, 57.39, 59.133, 65.18, 76.35, 88.25, 93.69, 97.1, 99.28. Fuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 1
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions11 5/8 in. (29.53 cm) Girth: 35 1/2 in. Diam.: 10 3/8 in. Diam. bottom: 5 in.
MediumEarthenware
Prehistoric vessel
Japanese
1st-late 3rd century
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Jar
Japanese
ca. 2500 BCE
Object number: 93.69
Photo: Scott Leen
Japanese
710-794
Object number: 65.128.1
Photo: Scott Leen
Japanese
710-794
Object number: 65.128.2
Photo: Scott Leen
Japanese
late 18th century
Object number: 35.50
Medicine jar; Sue ware
Japanese
711-794
Object number: 56.245
Japanese
4500-200 B.C.
Object number: SC83.214
Japanese
Object number: 2023.11.124
Photo: Paul Macapia
Islamic
14th century
Object number: 60.44
Ritualistic, footed funerary jar
Thai
1000-500 B.C.
Object number: 74.7
Jar
Cambodian
ca. 12th century
Object number: 68.12
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Korean
3rd century
Object number: 91.124