Red-painted Clay Jar

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As iron metallurgy and rice cultivation introduced from the Asian mainland became prevalent in Japan, Jomon pottery was gradually replaced by Yayoi pottery. This jar is a representative example of the latter Yayoi earthenware produced in the Kantō area. Well-balanced in shape, it has a bulbous body with beautiful curving sides rising from a very small base, and a narrowly constricted neck flaring out into a wide mouth. The jar is decorated with incised lines in original geometic patterns and painted in red, which is very unusual.