Storage Jar

CultureKorean
Titles
  • Storage Jar
Date3rd–4th century
PlaceKorea
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 10in. (23.5 × 25.4cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Korean-American Community with the Asia Society Texas Center, and the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number95.49
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Description

This stoneware vessel dates to a time often referred to as the Three Kingdoms period (57 BC–AD 668), when the Korean peninsula was controlled by the kingdoms of Silla, Koguryo, and Paekche. Kaya, a small southern kingdom, was also a contender for power, but to a far lesser extent. Even though the Kaya fell to the Silla in the 6th century, the Kaya contributed a great deal to Korean ceramic pottery. The solid round shape of this jar is found in ceramics that have been attributed to both the Kaya and the early Silla kingdoms.


An early example of wheel-constructed pottery, this jar is distinguished by its red and black coloration, which the clay acquired when the piece was fired. Vessels like these were usually decorated with engraved or stamped patterns, comb marks, and lines drawn around the rim.


ProvenanceResearch Ongoing
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The jar is not signed or dated.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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