Cleveland Museum of Art

Lidded Jar (lid)

Date

400s–500s CE

Medium

red earthenware with incised band designs

Culture

Korea, Silla (57 BC-935) or Kaya (AD 42-562) period

Department

Korean Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE) became widely utilized as agriculture and religion grew to be essential elements in sustaining society and its systems. The clay jars of different sizes and shapes on display were made for the following purposes: to store harvested grains and seeds, or, especially lidded ones such as this, to preserve cremated remains, and to serve offerings in rituals. Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period.

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