Long-Necked Jar (Chōkeiko)
Sue ware is believed to have originated around the fifth century among migrants to Japan from the Korean Peninsula. Recent research has revealed strong similarities between these ceramics and precedents from the Gaya region of Korea. Sue wares were regarded as elite objects in their time. Examples like this small jar with a globular body and elongated neck have been excavated primarily from the remains of government offices and temple sites, and some are thought to have served as ritual water vessels (suibyō) in Buddhist contexts.
Artwork Details
- 須恵器 長頸壺
- Title: Long-Necked Jar (Chōkeiko)
- Period: Kofun period (ca. 300–710)
- Date: 7th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Sue ware)
- Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); Diam. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); Diam. of rim 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.268.419
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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