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Source Description
Produced in closed kilns built on hillsides during the Three Kingdoms period, this lidded jar once contained the cremated remains of the dead. This type of burial jar became widespread after the introduction of Buddhism, as cremation became a common practice in Korea.
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Document identity
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155396
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Burial Urn with Cover
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155396
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object
title
Burial Urn with Cover
description
Produced in closed kilns built on hillsides during the Three Kingdoms period, this lidded jar once contained the cremated remains of the dead. This type of burial jar became widespread after the introduction of Buddhism, as cremation became a common practice in Korea.
date
300s–500s CE
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en
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Q79943404
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 55.8 cm (21 15/16 in.); Outer diameter: 43 cm (16 15/16 in.)
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Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE)
accession
1990.131
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earthenware with impressed design
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Burial Urn with Cover (토기 뼈항아리 (土器骨壺)), 300s–500s CE. Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE). Earthenware with impressed design; overall: 55.8 cm (21 15/16 in.); outer diameter: 43 cm (16 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1990.131
titleInOriginalLanguage
토기 뼈항아리 (土器骨壺)
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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
<em>Pottery from Ancient Korea: Clay Art for Life and Death</em> [한국고대의토기 : 흙・예술・삶과 죽음]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1997.
citation
Kim, Yun-jeong and 8 others. <em>Dictionary of Korean Ceramics </em>[한국 도자 사전]. Seoul: Gyeongin munhwasa, 2015.
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. 42
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:02:00.142000
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155396
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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earthenware with impressed design
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