Lidded Jar with Three-color Glaze (Cinerary Urn) 三彩陶器 蓋付壺（骨蔵器）サンサイトウキ フタツキツボ(コツゾウキ)
Description
Closely resembling in form the medicine jar of the Imperial Repository Shoso-in, the urn contained cremated remains. Both the lid and the body are spotted with the 'three-color glazes' of white, green, and brown. The urn, which was unearthed in 1963 encased within a soapstone container, is representative of the three-color-glazed pottery of the Nara Period.
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ColBase
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
September 14, 2026