Jar for Ashes

8th-9th century (Unified Silla)

23 cm 23.5 cm

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This jar was made as a container for ashes, in accordance with the Buddhist preference for cremation; however, there is no residue inside to indicate that the jar was used. Such urns could be deposited at a temple, inside a pagoda, or at a family burial site.

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Alice Boney, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Unknown family, upstate New York, by purchase, ca. 1950 - 1959; Kaikodo Asian Art Gallery, New York, NY; Carol Conover, Kaikodo, NY, 1997, by purchase; Friends of the Asian Collection, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.
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