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Footed Bowl

脚付鋺
Footed Bowl (脚付鋺)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Art Object · Asuka period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

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Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Art Objects
Date
501–700
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-117898

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This footed bowl has a lid with a knob shaped like a wish-granting jewel. Some extant paintings depict similar bowls being used with a ritual incense burner with a handle, suggesting incense was stored in these kinds of bowls. Similar bowls made on the Korean Peninsula have survived to date, suggesting they were crafted in similar locations.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Footed Bowl（脚付鋺）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-117898. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/footed-bowl/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Genre: Collection of Hōryūji Treasures
  • Material: Forged brass with gilding
  • 員数: 1合
  • 分類: 法隆寺宝物
  • 法量: 全高12.3 口径7.8
  • 品質形状: 真鍮製 鍛造 鍍金

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