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Long-necked jar and stand

5th-6th century

Object PlaceJapan

Medium/TechniqueStoneware with incised decoration and perforations

DimensionsJar: H. 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.), diam. of rim: 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Stand: H. 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.), diam. of rim: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); diam. of foot: 27.8 cm (10 15/16 in.)

Credit LineMorse Collection. Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution

Accession number92.2959a-b

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ClassificationsCeramics

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Asia

ProvenanceExcavated from the mounds in the eastern side of the Korean peninsula. Between 1881 and 1886, Pierre Louis Jouy (d. 1894); probably sold by Jouy in Japan to Edward Sylvester Morse (b. 1838 - d. 1925), Salem; 1892, sold by Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 1892)