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Covered Jar with Horn Handle (lid)

뚜껑있는 토기 호 (有蓋土器壺)

400s–500s CE
red earthenware with applied red slip
Diameter of mouth: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.); Overall: 15.3 x 13.5 cm (6 x 5 5/16 in.)
Gift of the John D. Proctor Foundation 1997.19.b
Location: not on view
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Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period.

Description

Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668) became widely utilized as agriculture and religion grew to be essential elements in sustaining society and its systems. The clay jars of different sizes and shapes on display were made for the following purposes: some were used to store harvested grains and seeds, some, especially lidded ones such as this example, to preserve cremated remains, and some to serve offerings in rituals.
Covered Jar with Horn Handle (lid)

Covered Jar with Horn Handle (lid)

400s–500s CE

Korea, Silla (57 BC-935) or Kaya (AD 42-562) period

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