influence...Jōmon

Added to my ongoing interest in Neolithic cultures and clay, are the early containers and figures of the Jōmon.

Early Jōmon

Middle Jōmon

 Late(est) Jōmon

Images and descriptions above have all been reproduced from the book,  
Prehistoric Japanese Arts: Jōmon Pottery by J. Edward Kidder with contributions by Teruya Esaka, 1968.

                 

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Sculptural figures known as Dogū...

 Dogū (clay figurine), Japanese, Final Jomon period (1000 - 400 B.C.), terracotta, 9 1/4 x 6 ¼ in., 

Floyd A. Naramore Memorial Purchase Fund, 76.35

Seattle Art Museum (archive)

Dogū 

(image reproduced from Wikipedia entry)

For more information

Jōmon (Wikipedia)
The Power of Dogū: past exhibition of the British Museum.
Review of 'The Power of Dogū' (2009)
Jōmon culture (Britannica)