Sue pottery bottle
Data
| Era | Kofun period (6th–7th cent.) |
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Explanation
A leather bag to carry liquids is realistically reproduced down to the stitches in this Sue pottery stoneware. The body is first thrown on a potter’s wheel into a bowl shape, which is then turned upside-down and attached with a mouthpiece before squashed to form a straight-line bottom. Its rather exotic design makes this vessel a rare example.