Patterned Pottery

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Patterned Pottery
Name:	Patterned Pottery  Flame-Patterned Vessel  Poterie de flammes  Flammenmustergefäß  Vaso con motivo a fiamma  火焔模様土器  Flame-Patterned Earthenware ?  Vasija decorada con llamas  Patterned Pottery  Flame-Patterned Vessel  Poterie de flammes  Flammenmustergefäß  Vaso con motivo a fiamma  火焔模様土器  Flame-Patterned Earthenware ?  Vasija decorada con llamas
Stages:	Great Aqua Cave

The Patterned Pottery (also known as the Flame-Patterned Vessel) is a fragmented salvage in Endless Ocean that can be found in zooms of the Great Aqua Cave.

In-Game

Footlocker Description

Incomplete

EN  A piece of old earthenware.  An old piece of earthenware. FR  C'est une très vieille poterie en terre cuite GE  Anscheinend ein altes Tongefäß. IT  Antico vaso in terracotta. JP  古い土器のようだ。  It looks like an old earthenware vessel. ? SP  Una antigua pieza de cerámica.

EN
A piece of old earthenware.  An old piece of earthenware.
FR
C'est une très vieille poterie en terre cuite
GE
Anscheinend ein altes Tongefäß.
IT
Antico vaso in terracotta.
JP
古い土器のようだ。  It looks like an old earthenware vessel. ?
SP
Una antigua pieza de cerámica.

Complete

EN  Pottery covered in images of either flames or flowing water. It is between 2,000 and 10,000 years old.  Flames, or maybe water, adorn this item. It dates back between 2,000 and 10,000 years. FR  Le motif représente des flammes ou de l'eau ruisselante. Cette pièce a entre 2000 et 10 000 ans. GE  Feuer- oder Wasserornamente zieren dieses Gefäß. Es ist zwischen 2 000 und 10 000 Jahre alt. IT  Sembra fatto di fiamme o di onde in movimento. Può essere datato tra i due e i diecimila anni fa. JP  火焔、もしくは流れる水を模した土器。1万年～2000年前の、古い先史時代に作られたものだと考えられる。  Earthenware patterned after a flame or flowing water, thought to be from an older prehistoric period, roughly 10,000 to 2,000 years ago. ? SP  Vasija antigua adornada con llamas, o quizás se trate de agua fluyendo. Tiene entre 2000 y 10000 años.

EN
Pottery covered in images of either flames or flowing water. It is between 2,000 and 10,000 years old.  Flames, or maybe water, adorn this item. It dates back between 2,000 and 10,000 years.
FR
Le motif représente des flammes ou de l'eau ruisselante. Cette pièce a entre 2000 et 10 000 ans.
GE
Feuer- oder Wasserornamente zieren dieses Gefäß. Es ist zwischen 2 000 und 10 000 Jahre alt.
IT
Sembra fatto di fiamme o di onde in movimento. Può essere datato tra i due e i diecimila anni fa.
JP
火焔、もしくは流れる水を模した土器。1万年～2000年前の、古い先史時代に作られたものだと考えられる。  Earthenware patterned after a flame or flowing water, thought to be from an older prehistoric period, roughly 10,000 to 2,000 years ago. ?
SP
Vasija antigua adornada con llamas, o quizás se trate de agua fluyendo. Tiene entre 2000 y 10000 años.

Location

All of these coordinates are within the Great Aqua Cave.

• G-3, 25 meters/65 feet
• I-3, 18 meters/59 feet
• G-7, 30 meters/98 feet (in the lower of the two caves)
• E-7, 13 meters/43 feet (Underneath the cliff to the left of Rim Pool)

Post Discovery

After the player has found one piece of the Patterned Pottery, Katherine will approach the player and say:

"Well, look at you! You found a patterned pottery shard. How the heck did this wind up in an underwater cave? This could be a major find! I guess I'll tell Thorman about it. He's got connections, if you know what I mean. He'll be able to put us in contact with the right people."

The player will subsequently will receive an email about it from an ethnologist named Norisuke Takahashi. The email does as follows:

"Subject: Re: Pottery Shard

From: Norisuke Takahashi

Hello. Nice to meet you. My name is Norisuke Takahashi, and I work at the museum of ethnology in Japan. Mr. Thorman contacted me about the pottery shard you found in the limestone cave.

The shard in question is of Japanese origin, and is between 4,000 and 5,000 years old. Of course, how it came to be in a South Pacific cave is something of a mystery. Perhaps it is a clue to the migration patterns of early Pacific Rim islanders?

If you find other pieces like that, I would very much like to know.

Thank you."

Once the player has found all four pieces of the Pottery, Katherine will put it back together. After re-assembling it, Kat will say:

"I know this design. It was made in Japan during the Jomon period. The pattern is really cool. It could be fire, but it could also be water. ...That's funny.

Yeah, it looks almost like some kind of flaming tidal swell. Fire and water, together again! Hee hee! Hey, I know a guy who's really into stuff like this. I'll drop him a line. He can probably tell us more."

The player will subsequently get another email from Mr. Takahashi:

"Good Morning. This is Takahashi again, from the ethnology museum? I heard that you collected more pottery pieces! The new pottery is similar to that of the Japanese Chiba prefecture. However, upon further review, we found subtle signs of additional South Pacific cultural references. This leads us to believe that there may have been an exchange of communications and cultures between Manoa Lai and Japan over 10,000 years ago. If true, this is very big news indeed! Thank you very much for your assistance. I've attached a little gift to this email. Enjoy!"

Opening the attachment gives the player a new suit.

Gallery

The pottery shard found in the Great Column room.

The pottery shard found in the main cave.

The pottery shard found in Rim Pool.

The pottery shard found in the tunnels.

Notes

• An image of this salvage's model is used as the texture for the Earthenware Pot salvage in Endless Ocean 2.

  

  An example of Jōmon period pottery.

Real-Life Information

• This salvage's appearance is based on pottery dated to prehistoric Japan's Jōmon period.
  • Several other salvages in the Endless Ocean series also take inspiration from Jōmon period clay artifacts. These include the Deity Idol in Endless Ocean, and the Earthenware Pot and Primitive Idol in Endless Ocean 2.

Navigation

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