DepartmentAsia
Funerary Urn and Lid
NameFunerary Urn and Lid
CultureJapanese
Dateca. 1900
Place madeNear Nago, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
MediumCeramic
Dimensionsoverall: (A) 58 CM H X 30.5 CM DIAM. (B) 12 CM H X 29.7 CM DIAM.
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of James McGrath, A.1976.78.1V
Object numberA.1976.78.1V
Description(a) this funerary urn is wheel thrown, lod fired red baked (arayachi) unglazed clay with a black slip on the outside. (b) Lid is wheel torhwon, arayachi, dome shaped with a knob at centertop and a lip 2.5 cm. wide at the base.
CA 1965, STAFF
late 16th or early 17th century
Artist unrecorded
19th century
19th century
early 19th c
First half of 18th c.