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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Lidded Vessel with Loop Handles
300–1 BCE
(c. 300–57 BCE)
Diameter of base: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); with cover: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view
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Closed kilns built on hills became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period.Description
This small storage jar was hand built from coils of clay before it was finished on a potter's wheel. The thick, vertical ridges covering the surface were impressed into the wet clay using a carved wooden paddle. This network of raised lines was then intersected by four incised lines coursing around the bulbous form and separating the body into lower and upper areas with deft visual simplicity. Such direct, effective design solutions to ceramic decoration appear frequently in early Korean ceramics. The two perforations in the upper body were no doubt used to help secure the lid to the body with cord.- ?–1999Mrs. Keum Ja Kang, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1999–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. 45
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.228.a