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Source Description
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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18163
label
Jar for Ashes
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
18163
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Jar for Ashes
description
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.
provenance
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.
date
8th-9th century (Unified Silla)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
jars
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
23
dimensionsRaw
9 1/4 x 9 1/16 in. (23.5 x 23 cm) (diam.)
Source extras
cul
Korean
dynasty
Unified Silla dynasty (668–935)
med
stoneware ceramic
creator_ids
2851
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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