Jar and Tall Stand

Period:
Three Kingdoms period, Silla kingdom (57 B.C.–A.D. 668)
Date:
mid-5th century
Culture:
Korea
Medium:
Stoneware with traces of incidental ash glaze
Dimensions:
H. 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics
Credit Line:
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
Accession Number:
1997.34.24a, b
  • Description

    This combination of a bulbous jar and a tall stand with a perforated design is representative of high-fired, wheel-thrown gray stoneware from the Silla kingdom and Gaya federation. Silla vessels, particularly those featuring dramatic bases, seem to have functioned primarily as burial objects.

60006519

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