This was excavated behind the site of the Hitachi Province government (Ishioka City, Ibaraki prefecture), a provincial branch of the Ritsuryō bureaucracy. Produced at the Sanage kiln in present-day Aichi prefecture, it is the largest and most impactful of any extant Sanage urns. Its plain white surface is embellished with a natural light green glaze. One imagines that such a magnificent object interred the ashes of a person of great stature.
YOSHIZAWA SatoruEnglish by Mary Lewine
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.329, no.245.
Glazed Short-Necked Cinerary Urn (Likely excavated in Ishioka City, Ibaraki Prefecture)
Porcelain
Height 29.8 cm, diameter (mouth) 16.5 cm; diameter (widest) 37.2 cm
Nara period 8th century-9th century
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| Accession Number | 1556-0 |
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| Category | Archaeological Works |
| Bibliography | Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, 354p. |