The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 23, 2024

Pedestaled Vessel with Incised Band Design

Pedestaled Vessel with Incised Band Design

300s CE
earthenware
Overall: 26.1 cm (10 1/4 in.); Outer diameter: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1997.10
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This pedestaled earthenware may have been used for ritual offerings to ancestors.

Description

This pedestaled earthenware was a product of closed kilns built on hillsides, which became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period. Both its gray color and shimmering glaze are the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber. Due to its relatively tall pedestal, this vessel may have been used for more for ritual settings than everyday use.
  • March 4, 1997
    Cleveland Museum of Art
    Kang Collection (sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, March 4, 1997)
    Keum Ja Kang
  • Pottery from Ancient Korea: Clay Art for Life and Death [한국고대의토기 : 흙・예술・삶과 죽음]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1997.
    Kim, Yun-jeong and 8 others. Hangung doja sajeon [한국 도자 사전]. Seoul: Gyeongin munhwasa, 2015.
  • Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 29-October 24, 2021).
    The Other Side of the Story - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27, 2020-April 25, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Pedestaled Vessel with Incised Band Design|url=false|author=|year=300s CE|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.10