Long-necked jar with geometric decoration
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.The densely packed abstract design on this jar was created by impressing stamps onto the clay body. The vessel’s decoration extends and amplifies the geometric patterns of earlier periods.
Artwork Details
- 인화 무늬 긴 목 항아리 통일신라
- 印花文長頸壺 統一新羅
- Title: Long-necked jar with geometric decoration
- Period: South and North Kingdoms period, Unified Silla (676–935)
- Date: 7th–8th century
- Culture: Korea
- Medium: Stoneware with stamped design and incidental ash glaze
- Dimensions: H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
Diam. of rim: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Diam. of foot: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Body diameter: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm) - Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Lent by National Museum of Korea
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art