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Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668) became widely utilized as agriculture and religion grew to be essential elements in sustaining society and its systems. The clay jars of different sizes and shapes on display were made for the following purposes: some were used to store harvested grains and seeds, some to preserve cremated remains, and some to serve offerings in rituals.
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160116
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Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs
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160116
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Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs
description
Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668) became widely utilized as agriculture and religion grew to be essential elements in sustaining society and its systems. The clay jars of different sizes and shapes on display were made for the following purposes: some were used to store harvested grains and seeds, some to preserve cremated remains, and some to serve offerings in rituals.
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200s–400s CE
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en
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Q79980813
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Ceramic
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Overall: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.); Outer diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
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Korea, Gaya period (42–562 CE)
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1997.8
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Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs (뚜껑있는 토기 호 (有蓋土器壺)), 200s–400s CE. Korea, Gaya period (42–562 CE). Earthenware; overall: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.); outer diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1997.8
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뚜껑있는 토기 호 (有蓋土器壺)
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Korean Art
didYouKnow
This pottery vessel served to contain cremated remains, indicating the popularity of Buddhist mortuary practice in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period.
citations
citation
<em>Pottery from Ancient Korea: Clay Art for Life and Death</em> [한국고대의토기 : 흙・예술・삶과 죽음]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1997.
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<em>Gaya Tombs</em> [가야 무덤]. Changwon: Gaya National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, 2007.
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Pak, Cheon-su. <em>Gaya togi: gayaui yeoksawa munhwa </em>[가야 토기: 가야의 역사와 문화]<em>. </em>Gyeonggi-do, Gwacheon: Chininjin, 2010.
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Jeong, Dong-rak and Jeong-mi Son. "Daegaya Earthenware Kilns in Goryeong Region: Centering on the Remains of Goryeong Songnim-ri Earthenware Kilns [고령지역의 대가야 토기가마: 고령 송림리 토기가마 유적의 소개를 중심으로]" <em>Sogang Journal of Early Korean History</em> 14 (August 2013): 157–204.
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Kim, Yun-jeong and 8 others. <em>Hangung doja sajeon </em>[한국 도자 사전]. Seoul: Gyeongin munhwasa, 2015.
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Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 44
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Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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2026-05-29 08:18:39.143000
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160116
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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earthenware
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