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Source Description
Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period. Both its gray color and shimmering glaze are the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber built on hillsides.
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Document identity
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160118
label
Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs (lid)
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160118
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title
Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs (lid)
description
Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period. Both its gray color and shimmering glaze are the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber built on hillsides.
date
200s–400s CE
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en
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Q79980817
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Ceramic
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter of mouth: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); Overall: 25 x 21.5 cm (9 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
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Korea, Gaya period (42–562 CE)
accession
1997.8.b
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Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs (lid) (뚜껑있는 토기 호 (有蓋土器壺)), 200s–400s CE. Korea, Gaya period (42–562 CE). Earthenware; diameter of mouth: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); overall: 25 x 21.5 cm (9 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1997.8.b
titleInOriginalLanguage
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.
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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. 44
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Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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2026-05-29 08:18:40.777000
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160118
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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earthenware
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