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Short-necked Storage Jar

짧은 목 토기호 [圓底短頸壺]

600s–300s BCE

Korea, Bronze Age

(1000–300 BCE)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
Outer diameter: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.); Overall: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
James Parmelee Fund 1986.82
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A large quantity of clay pottery to store food such as this work excavated from ancient sites indicate the advanced development of agriculture in the Korean peninsula during the Bronze Age.

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A large quantity of pottery such as this earthenware jar was produced during the Bronze Age in Korea, as farming became more commonly practiced. Large jars made of fine clay were used to stored grains and later were buried in in tombs to accompany the tomb owner. It was during this time that a substantial number of Korean farmers migrated to the western Japanese archipelago and introduced advanced rice farming and pottery-making techniques.
A spherical, roughly textured earthenware jar has an opening that flares into a short neck. Its colors move from tan and orange-brown at the top into dark gray near the base. Large, irregular patches of a crusty, light gray substance cover the lower half and extend upward on our right. Fine cracks are visible across the matte exterior walls.

Short-necked Storage Jar

600s–300s BCE

Korea, Bronze Age (1000–300 BCE)

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