id:			155396
accession number:	1990.131
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.131
updated:		2023-01-13 20:45:11.107000

Burial Urn with Cover, AD 300s-500s. Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BC-AD 668). Earthenware with impressed design; overall: 55.8 cm (21 15/16 in.); outer diameter: 43 cm (16 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1990.131

title:				Burial Urn with Cover
title in original language:	토기 뼈항아리 (土器骨壺)
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creation date:			AD 300s-500s
creation date earliest:		300
creation date latest:		599
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BC-AD 668)
technique:	earthenware with impressed design
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 55.8 cm (21 15/16 in.); Outer diameter: 43 cm (16 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea
	opening date:   1995-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: Early Ceramics from Japan and Korea</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 3, 1995).

	title:		The Other Side of the Story - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation
	opening date:   2020-10-30T04:00:00
	<i>The Other Side of the Story - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27, 2020-April 25, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(R-L Sneider Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1991
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 27, 1991-
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fun fact:
Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period.

digital description:
Produced in closed kilns built on hillsides during the Three Kingdoms period, this lidded jar once contained the cremated remains of the dead. This type of burial jar became widespread after the introduction of Buddhism, as cremation became a common practice in Korea.

wall description:
This lidded jar with a plump curved body, which once contained cremated remains, shows an important change in ancient funerary practices in the Korean peninsula. A ruling class member’s body was commonly placed in a wooden coffin and buried in a stone chamber, while that of a commoner was laid in a simple pit. However, after Buddhism was introduced to the Korean peninsula around the fourth century, cremation—the native Indian funerary practice—soon became widespread among the elite.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Pottery from Ancient Korea: Clay Art for Life and Death</em> [한국고대의토기 : 흙・예술・삶과 죽음]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1997.
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	Kim, Yun-jeong and 8 others. <em>Dictionary of Korean Ceramics </em>[한국 도자 사전]. Seoul: Gyeongin munhwasa, 2015.
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	Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 42
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