The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 20, 2025
Jar with Loop Handle with Overall Impressed Surface Decoration
200s–300s CE
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
Closed kilns built on hillsides 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. The pounding technique (tanal in Korean) on the surface strengthened the clay body, leaving behind a geometric pattern.- Keum Ja Kang, New York, NY?-1997(Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)December 1, 1997-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Interpretation of Materiality: Gold. 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).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.188.a