1970.14 Jar with Impressed Design

The Yayoi period marks a time of technological advances in ceramics, such as the ability to fire at higher temperatures. Aesthetically severe, Yayoi period pottery has none of the effusive decoration made by the Jomon people, the style of which preceded the Yayoi. [For example, see 1965.15.FA]. Characteristic decorative qualities of Yayoi period pottery, which was still hand-made, include symmetrical, taut profiles and only slight embellishments like incised lines and passages of cord impressions, as seen here. 

Pottery-making in the Jomon and Yayoi periods shared similar materials and techniques; however, the results were profoundly different. Unlike Jomon vessels, the aesthetic impact of Yayoi ceramics relies on the balance of the form itself. Some scholars have argued that the changes in style on the Japanese islands were the result of invasions from the Korean peninsula and the new technologies that accompanied them. 

Yayoi: AAT: 300018529

Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120

terracotta: AAT: 300010669

ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507

cord (fiber product): AAT: 300014247

rope: AAT: 300014248

terracotta: AAT: 300010669

coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903

surface texture: AAT: 300219406

200 BCE- 250 CE

Before 1970: N.V. Hammer, Inc. Far Eastern Art, New York.

1970: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase from above. [1][2]

The main source for this provenance is the invoice dated December 11, 1969, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File. Exceptions are noted. 

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