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Footed bird-shaped vessels have been found primarily at burial sites on the southern Korean peninsula, near the Nakdong River. Occurring in pairs, they probably served as funeral ritual vessels and burial objects. Liquid was poured into this example through an opening at the back and flowed out through the bird’s tail.
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새 모양 토기 삼국
鳥形土器 三國
Title: Bird-shaped vessel
Period: Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–676 CE)
Date: 3rd century
Culture: Korea
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions: H. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); L. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
Accession Number: 1997.34.1
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