Description
Pottery vessels, such as this one, were produced in sloping tunnel kilns that reached 1,000 to 1,200 degrees Celsius. This jar’s bulbous body with delicate horn-shaped handles suggests that it may have served to present offerings to the deceased. This type of high-fired terracotta vessel is usually excavated from tomb sites in the southwestern region of the Korean peninsula.
Provenance
(Joseph L. Brotherton [1918–2012], San Francisco, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1991); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 23, 1991–)
Accession Number
1991.137
Medium
earthenware with incised decoration and 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.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of George Gund
