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Brushed with Passion

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Covered Urn

Period:: Unified Silla dynasty (668–935)
Date:: 8th century
Culture:: Korea
Medium:: Stoneware with stamped decoration
Dimensions:: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
Accession Number:: 1997.34.18a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 233

Description

With the rising popularity of Buddhism in Silla, cremation became the standard funerary practice, displacing earlier elaborate burials. This pottery urn was a typical container for ashes.
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What
Ceramics (29,320)

Vessels (21,921)

Pottery (12,856)

Stoneware (1,407)

Stamping (165)

Urns (165)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Korea (662)
When
A.D. 500-1000 (6,672)
In the Museum
Asian Art (35,222)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Korea, 500–1000 A.D.

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