Jar with Horn-Shaped Handles
AD 200s–400s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Jar with Horn-Shaped Handles, AD 200s–400s. Korea, Silla period (57 BC-AD 676). Earthenware with incised decoration and color; overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); diameter of mouth: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); diameter with handles: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of George Gund 1991.137 Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- earthenware with incised decoration and color
- Medium
- earthenware, incised, decoration, color
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); Diameter with handles: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1991.137
- Credit Line
- Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of George Gund
- Exhibitions
- Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary, Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea, The Other Side of the Story - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation, Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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