The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Lidded Cup with Strap Handles (lid)
300s–400s CE
(42–562 CE)
Diameter of mouth: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Overall: 21.5 x 20.5 cm (8 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1997.9.b
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This is a lid for a ritual pottery vessel.Description
Pottery vessels with a footed stand such as this one is the earliest known high-fired ware. Its gray color is the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber. Footed vessels were not for everyday usage, but rather served to present offerings to the deceased.- 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. 43
- Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation). 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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