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Important Cultural Property
Lidded Cinerary Urn
- Museum No.
- JK259
Photo No：454-11171-1
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| Title | Lidded Cinerary Urn |
|---|---|
| Designation | Important Cultural Property |
| Artist | |
| Category | Archaeology (J), Cinerary Urns |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Nara |
| Century | 8th |
| Year | |
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| Materials | |
| Dimensions | Height 22.5cm Thickness 27.6cm |
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This ceramic urn was excavated from a Nara-period (710-794) tomb in Nakoso, Takanoguchi-machi, Wakayama Prefecture. Cinerary urns such as this held the ashes of the deceased after cremation. During the Nara period, Tenpyô (729-749) culture flourished under the strong influence of Tang China. This is an example of Nara tricolor ceramics, fashioned after Tang tricolor earthenware with overglazes of white, yellowish brown, and green. The shape of the urn is not Chinese, however, but typical of contemporary Japanese pieces, showing that implementation of imported techniques was selective. Similar examples of Nara tricolor ceramics have been handed down in the Shôsô-in repository.
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