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Source Description
Pottery vessels with a footed stand such as this one is the earliest known high-fired ware. Its gray color is the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber. Footed vessels were not for everyday usage, but rather served to present offerings to the deceased.
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Document identity
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160130
label
Lidded Cup with Strap Handles
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160130
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title
Lidded Cup with Strap Handles
description
Pottery vessels with a footed stand such as this one is the earliest known high-fired ware. Its gray color is the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber. Footed vessels were not for everyday usage, but rather served to present offerings to the deceased.
date
300s–400s CE
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en
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Q79980850
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Ceramic
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter of mouth: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Overall: 21.5 x 20.5 cm (8 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
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Korea, Gaya period (42–562 CE)
accession
1997.9.a
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stoneware with natural ash glaze
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Lidded Cup with Strap Handles (뚜껑있는 토기 잔 [有蓋把手附臺杯]), 300s–400s CE. Korea, Gaya period (42–562 CE). Stoneware with natural ash glaze; diameter of mouth: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); overall: 21.5 x 20.5 cm (8 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1997.9.a
titleInOriginalLanguage
뚜껑있는 토기 잔 [有蓋把手附臺杯]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
A series of triangular cutouts shown on the bottom are standard features of Kaya pottery.
citations
citation
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. 43
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Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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2026-05-29 08:18:55.492000
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160130
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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stoneware with natural ash glaze
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