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Pottery vessels, such as this one, were produced in sloping tunnel kilns that reached 1,000 to 1,200 degrees Celsius. This jar’s bulbous body with delicate horn-shaped handles suggests that it may have served to present offerings to the deceased. This type of high-fired terracotta vessel is usually excavated from tomb sites in the southwestern region of the Korean peninsula.
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155824
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Jar with Horn-Shaped Handles
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155824
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Jar with Horn-Shaped Handles
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Pottery vessels, such as this one, were produced in sloping tunnel kilns that reached 1,000 to 1,200 degrees Celsius. This jar’s bulbous body with delicate horn-shaped handles suggests that it may have served to present offerings to the deceased. This type of high-fired terracotta vessel is usually excavated from tomb sites in the southwestern region of the Korean peninsula.
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200s–400s CE
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en
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Q79944288
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Ceramic
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Overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); Diameter with handles: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
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Korea, Silla (57 BCE–935 CE)
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1991.137
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earthenware with incised decoration and color
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Jar with Horn-Shaped Handles (쇠뿔모양 손잡이 항아리 (牛角形把手附壺)), 200s–400s CE. Korea, Silla (57 BCE–935 CE). Earthenware with incised decoration and color; overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); diameter of mouth: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); diameter with handles: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of George Gund, 1991.137
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쇠뿔모양 손잡이 항아리 (牛角形把手附壺)
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Korean Art
didYouKnow
Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period.
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.
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Mentioned: p. 79, no. 429
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Cunningham, Michael R., "Asian Autumn", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 35 no. 08, October 1995
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Mentioned & reproduced: p. 5
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<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>Golden Splendors: the Royal Tomb of Silla Hwangnamdaechong</em> [황남 대총: 황금 의 나라 신라 의 왕릉]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2010.
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Lee, So-young, and Denise Patry Leidy. <em>Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom</em>. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
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Kim, Se-ki. "Features of Seongju Area through Ancient Tombs in the Three Kingdom Period [고분자료로 본 삼국시대 성주지역의 정치적 성격]." <em>The Journal of the Research Institute for Silla Culture </em>vol. 43, 2 (2014): 1-27.
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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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Nelson, Sarah. <em>Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla</em>. Routledge, 2019.
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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. 40
creditline
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of George Gund
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2026-05-29 08:05:49.378000
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155824
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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earthenware with incised decoration and color
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