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Source Description
A jar of this type would have been used to hold water, wine, or grain. It was probably fired in a kiln in an open area, where ash from burning wood fell on the jar and created a speckled ash glaze.
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Document identity
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10135
label
Jar for Liquids or Grains
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title
Jar for Liquids or Grains
description
A jar of this type would have been used to hold water, wine, or grain. It was probably fired in a kiln in an open area, where ash from burning wood fell on the jar and created a speckled ash glaze.
provenance
Beverly Becker, Bel Air, MD [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1994, by gift.
date
5th-6th century
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
jars
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cm
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29.5
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20
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H: 11 5/8 × Diam: 7 7/8 in. (29.5 × 20 cm)
Source extras
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Korean
med
stoneware ceramic, natural ash glaze
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2851
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none
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