Some earthen vessels were engraved with a human face on their rim, but in general, the figurative expression of a human is rare during this period, and the earthen figurines enthusiastically made in the former period was almost gone in this period.
土器の中には口縁部に人面を表わしたものもあるが、一般にこの時代には具象的な人物表現はまれで、前代に盛んに作られた土偶もこの時代にはほとんど姿を消している。