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Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs (lid)

200s–400s CE

Korea, Gaya period

(42–562 CE)
earthenware
Diameter of mouth: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); Overall: 25 x 21.5 cm (9 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1997.8.b
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This pottery vessel served to contain cremated remains, indicating the popularity of Buddhist mortuary practice 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 built on hillsides.
  • 1981-1997
    (Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1997-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 44
  • Interpretation of Materiality: Gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 29-October 24, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs (lid)|url=false|author=|year=200s–400s CE|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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