Burial Urn with Cover

AD 300s-500s

Burial Urn with Cover, AD 300s-500s. Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BC-AD 668). Earthenware with impressed design; overall: 55.8 cm (21 15/16 in.); outer diameter: 43 cm (16 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1990.131 Produced in closed kilns built on hillsides during the Three Kingdoms period, this lidded jar once contained the cremated remains of the dead. This type of burial jar became widespread after the introduction of Buddhism, as cremation became a common practice in Korea. Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period.