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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

Collections

Asia

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.

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