Artworks

Vessel with snake-form handle

Artwork · Anonymous · c. 2500 BCE–c. 1500 BCE · vessel · Togariishi Jōmon Archaeological Museum

A Middle Jōmon pot from Togariishi whose rim carries a snake — the mamushi, Japan’s poisonous viper — curving up to a round handle. 1 Mason 2005, p. 18, fig. 8. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.