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Lacquered vessel, Japanese, early Jômon period, c5005-c4996 BC. Jômon means 'cord pattern' and the term describes the characteristic surface patterns that were made with a twisted cord. The Jômon peoples were predominantly hunters, fishers and gatherers and their pots were mainly used for boiling food and for eating. This bowl which originally had a lid, has a well-defined rim decoration of marks jabbed with a stick, bone, or finger-nail. The main body has cord decoration. The inside has been lacquered, probably in the nineteenth century, and briefly used as a mizusashi (water jar for the Tea Ceremony).
JA, OA+20

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART211427

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3810px × 4580px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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