Storage Jar with wide mouth and everted rim / Artist Unknown, Korea

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Accession Number
2004/1.173
Title
Storage Jar with wide mouth and everted rim
Artist Nationality
Korean
Medium and Support
stoneware
Object Creation Date
6th century
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
Dimensions
14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Century
6th century
Primary Object Classification
Ceramic
Primary Object Type
jar
Secondary Object Classification
Decorative Arts
Physical Description
This grayish-blue stoneware jar has a globular body and short, a little flared neck. The surface of the body is encircled with a lot of thin incised lines. The base is a little flat.
Subject Matter
The grayish-blue stoneware is one of the earthenware of the Iron ages. Its clay is similar to that of the reddish brown earthenware. But Its hardness is harder. The design is usually cross stripes or check. It was almost excavated in the Iron age shell mounds of the southern coast of the Korea.
Primary Keywords
earthenware
jar
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3888 x 2592
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Record
2004/1.173
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"Storage Jar with wide mouth and everted rim; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.173/2004_1_173.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024.
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