Location

not on view

Fun Fact

A series of triangular cutouts shown on the bottom are standard features of Kaya pottery.

Description

Pottery vessels with a footed stand such as this one is the earliest known high-fired ware. Its gray color is the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber. Footed vessels were not for everyday usage, but rather served to present offerings to the deceased.

Provenance

1981-1997

(Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

March 4, 1997

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Gaya Tombs [가야 무덤]. Changwon: Gaya National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, 2007.

Kwon, Ju-hyeon. "A Living Culture of People of Kaya: Focused on Dietary Culture [加耶人의 生活文化: 食文化를 中心으로]." Hangukgodaesa yeongu 16 (November 1999): 345-374. www.dbpia.co.kr

Seong, Jeong-young . "Chronology of Three Kingdoms Age Pottery in Geumsan [금산지역 삼국시대 토기편년: 백제와 가야 세력 사이의 내륙교통로에 대한 이해를 위하여]." The Honam Archaeological Society 16 (2002): 53-78. kiss.kstudy.com

Lee, Han-sang. "The expansion of Daegaya style and the growth of Daegaya [대가야양식 유물의 분포양상과 의미]." The Journal of the Research Institute for Silla Culture 41(February 2013): 31-55. www.dbpia.co.kr

Jeong, Dong-rak and Jeong-mi Son. "Daegaya Earthenware Kilns in Goryeong Region: Centering on the Remains of Goryeong Songnim-ri Earthenware Kilns [고령지역의 대가야 토기가마: 고령 송림리 토기가마 유적의 소개를 중심으로]" Sogang Journal of Early Korean History 14 (August 2013): 157-204. www.dbpia.co.kr

Exhibition history

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).

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Lidded Cup with Strap Handles

뚜껑있는 토기 잔 (有蓋把手附臺杯)

Korea, Kaya period

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