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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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160129
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Lidded Cup with Strap Handles
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160129
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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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Q79980848
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Ceramic
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Overall: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.); Outer diameter: 15.7 cm (6 3/16 in.)
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Korea, Gaya period (42–562 CE)
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1997.9
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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; overall: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.); outer diameter: 15.7 cm (6 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1997.9
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
Kwon, Ju-hyeon. "A Living Culture of People of Kaya: Focused on Dietary Culture [加耶人의 生活文化: 食文化를 中心으로]." <em>Hangukgodaesa yeongu </em>16 (November 1999): 345–374.
citation
Seong, Jeong-young . "Chronology of Three Kingdoms Age Pottery in Geumsan [금산지역 삼국시대 토기편년: 백제와 가야 세력 사이의 내륙교통로에 대한 이해를 위하여]." <em>The Honam Archaeological Society </em>16 (2002): 53–78.
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<em>Gaya Tombs</em> [가야 무덤]. Changwon: Gaya National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, 2007.
citation
Lee, Han-sang. "The expansion of Daegaya style and the growth of Daegaya [대가야양식 유물의 분포양상과 의미]." <em>The Journal of the Research Institute for Silla Culture </em>41(February 2013): 31–55.
citation
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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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 08:18:51.704000
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160129
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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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