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Short-necked Storage Jar

Short-necked Storage Jar

300s CE
(57 BCE–668 CE)
gray earthenware with impressed cord design
Overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.); Outer diameter: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1989.88
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The surface of this pottery jar was treated by the pounding technique.

Description

Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period is characterized by the jar's gray hue. Closed kiln chambers built on hillsides, which fired clay as high as 2000°F, maintained a low level of oxygen saturation. The loops on its round shoulder suggest that the jar once had a lid fastened by cords. The function of this type of large jar remains unknown, yet it is highly possibly that it was used to store harvested grains and seeds. The pounding technique (tanal in Korean) used to treat the surface strengthened the clay body.
  • Mrs. Keum Ja Kang, New York, NY
    1981–1981
    (Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    September 18, 1989
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Yim, Seung-deok and Jeong-ho Seo. "A Study of Manufacturing Technique on the Padding Pottery in Sabi-Baekjae Period [百濟 泗沘期 打捺文土器 製作技法 硏究." Muhwa sahak (2011): 97-131. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Pottery from Ancient Korea: Clay Art for Life and Death [한국고대의토기 : 흙・예술・삶과 죽음]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1997.
    Kim, Yunjeong and 8 others. Hangung doja sajeon [한국 도자 사전]. Seoul: Gyeongin munhwasa, 2015.
  • Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 3, 1995).
    The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).
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