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Jar with Horn-Shaped Handles

쇠뿔모양 손잡이 항아리 (牛角形把手附壺)

AD 200s-400s

Korea, Silla period

(57 BC-AD 676)

Earthenware with incised decoration and color

Overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); Diameter with handles: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of George Gund 1991.137

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period.

Description

Pottery vessels, such as this one, were produced
in sloping tunnel kilns that reached 1,000 to
1,200 degrees Celsius. This jar’s bulbous body
with delicate horn-shaped handles suggests that it may have served to present offerings to
the deceased. This type of high-fired terracotta vessel is usually excavated from tomb sites
in the southwestern region of the Korean
peninsula.

Provenance
?-1991
(Joseph L. Brotherton [1918-2012], San Francisco, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
September 23, 1991-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Nelson, Sarah. Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla. Routledge, 2019.
Lee, So-young, and Denise Patry Leidy. Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
Pottery from Ancient Korea: Clay Art for Life and Death [한국고대의토기 : 흙・예술・삶과 죽음]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1997.
Golden Splendors: the Royal Tomb of Silla Hwangnamdaechong [황남 대총: 황금 의 나라 신라 의 왕릉]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2010.
Kim, Se-ki. "Features of Seongju Area through Ancient Tombs in the Three Kingdom Period [고분자료로 본 삼국시대 성주지역의 정치적 성격]." The Journal of the Research Institute for Silla Culture vol. 43, 2 (2014): 1-27. www.dbpia.co.kr
Kim, Yun-jeong and 8 others. Hangung doja sajeon [한국 도자 사전]. Seoul: Gyeongin munhwasa, 2015.
Exhibition history

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 3, 1995).

The Other Side of the Story - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27, 2020-April 25, 2021).

Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 29-October 24, 2021).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.137