Japan, Middle Jomon period Storage Jar About 3000-2000 B.C. Earthenware with modeled and impressed decor 22 inches wide, 21-1/4 inches high The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund 82.9.1

• This prehistoric EARTHENWARE pot was made by the Jomon (JO- mohng) people, the first culture to produce CERAMIC wares in Japan.
   
• The artist who made the storage jar pressed long COILS of clay together to form a distinctive shape and then applied the imaginative rim at the top.
   
• The cylindrical body is lightly textured with diagonal LOW- RELIEF designs made by rolling or pressing rope or cord patterns into the wet clay.
   
• This jar was used by the lower classes to store harvested crops or foods gathered from the surrounding area.
   

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