Important Cultural PropertyStone Container for a Tricolor-Glazed Lidded Cinerary Urn

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  • Length: 51.0cm; Width: 36.0cm; Height: 41.0cm
  • Nara period/8th century
  • Kyoto National Museum
  • J甲259

Found at Nakoso, Koyaguchi-cho, on the north bank of the Kinokawa River in Wakayama Prefecture, this stone container is from a Nara-period cremation tomb. A tricolor-glazed cinerary urn has been kept inside. This container is made of soft talc stone, with space hollowed out for the urn. This was also a common burial style for cremation tombs in Silla (57B.C.-668A.D.), Korea.

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