id:			159893
accession number:	1997.188.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.188.a
updated:		2022-04-01 09:00:24.812000

Jar with Loop Handle with Overall Impressed Surface Decoration, AD 200s-300s. Korea, Baekje kingdom (18 BC-660). Earthenware; overall: 34 x 24 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1997.188.a

title:				Jar with Loop Handle with Overall Impressed Surface Decoration
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creation date:			AD 200s-300s
creation date earliest:		200
creation date latest:		399
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Korea, Baekje kingdom (18 BC-660)
technique:	earthenware
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 34 x 24 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

	title:		Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-04-29T04:00:00
	<i>Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 29-October 24, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Keum Ja Kang, New York, NY
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	(Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1997
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 1, 1997-
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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: 
Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period. Both its gray color and shimmering glaze are the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber. The pounding technique (<em>tanal </em>in Korean) on the surface strengthened the clay body, leaving behind a geometric pattern.

wall description: 
<strong>Terracotta Vessels from Ancient Korea <br></strong><br>Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period (57 BC–668) 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: some were used to store harvested grains and seeds, some to preserve cremated remains, and some to serve offerings in rituals.
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