Chariot wheel-shaped cup
Distinctive sculptural pottery such as this piece, which exhibits both technical command and imagination, is a highlight of the art of the Three Kingdoms period.
Artwork Details
- 수레 바퀴 모양 잔 삼국 가야
- 車輪飾土器 三國 伽倻
- Title: Chariot wheel-shaped cup
- Period: Three Kingdoms period, Gaya Federation (42–562)
- Date: 5th century
- Culture: Korea
- Medium: Stoneware with incidental ash glaze
- Dimensions: H. 6 1/4 × W. 5 1/8 × D. 3 3/4 in. (15.9 × 13 × 9.5 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
- Object Number: 1997.34.2
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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