Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs

Description

Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668) became widely utilized as agriculture and religion grew to be essential elements in sustaining society and its systems. The clay jars of different sizes and shapes on display were made for the following purposes: some were used to store harvested grains and seeds, some to preserve cremated remains, and some to serve offerings in rituals.

Provenance

(Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1981-1997); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4, 1997-)

Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs

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200s–400s CE

Accession Number

1997.8

Medium

earthenware

Dimensions

Overall: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.); Outer diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund