| No. | 53 |
| Description | Satsumon pottery |
| Site | Oshima 2 Site: from the potsherds consentration near the south of the western oven in Pit House 2 |
| Size (cm) | H. 27.5 |
| Period | Late to Final Satsumon |
| Date | 11-13th century |
| Possessor | Tokoro Research Laboratory |
| Comment | A Type i pottery or the later than that according to Fujimoto’s chronology (1972), or the Late to Final Satsumon period according to Utagawa’s chronology (1980). A herring-bone decoration is marked by notches on the rim, and a zigzag pattern consisting of five to seven incised lines encompasses the body. Some parts of the surface show that the pot was heated. |