Recumbent bottle (yokobe) late 6th century Japan This yokobe, or barrel-shaped vessel with a neck on its side, was produced to store liquids, primarily sake. It was coil-built in sections and smoothed by being beaten with wood tools. Fired standing on its side in a high-temperature, Korean-style single-chamber tunnel kiln (anagama), it acquired its streaked surface from falling Recumbent bottle (yokobe). Japan. late 6th century. Stoneware with natural ash glaze (Sue ware). Kofun period (ca. 300–710). Ceramics

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