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Vessel
(Japan, middle Jomon
period,
3000-2000 b.c.)
Jomon ware, earthenware
Height: 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm)
William T. Sesnon Jr. Bequest, M.81.62.1
This impressive
pottery vessel of the middle Jomon period (c. 3000-2000 b.c.) was made during
Japan's earliest ceramic culture and is one of the most
intriguing Neolithic works in the Los Angeles County Museum of
Art. Such flamboyant pottery vases elaborately adorned with
castellated rims and bold, textured surfaces were created in
central Japan and found in the prefectures of Nagano and
Niigata. Its grooved, meandering lines, loops and spirals
produce a rich interplay of light and dark, and positive and
negative space, that create an engaging work of sculpture. The
vessel's surface is composed in registers, with vertical
spirals at the bottom, a band of horizontal lines and vertical
lugs and loops in the middle, and horizontal wavelike patterns
and small, open loops in the swelling shoulder area. The top
register breaks into open loops between horizontal bands around
the rim. Series of swirls run between the shoulder and rim
registers.
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