Art from Japan's Jōmon period (ca. 10,500–ca. 300 BC) Shown first is an example of a

Art from Japan's Jōmon period (ca. 10,500–ca. 300 BC) Shown first is an example of a Dogū figure: an iconic aspect of prehistoric Japan, which were once produced in large numbers. This particular example was found at the Kamegaoka Site on Honshu, and is dated to the latest Jōmon period, ca. 1000-250 BC. The second artefact shown is an incredibly old, and elaborate, vessel, dating to the middle Jōmon period, ca 3000-2000 BC. The LACMA provide the following curator notes on this work: 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, which 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. Courtesy of the LACMA, via their online collections: M.58.9.6 & M.81.62.1. -- source link

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