Small-mouthed storage jar with impressed cord design / Artist Unknown, Korea

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Accession Number
2004/1.164
Title
Small-mouthed storage jar with impressed cord design
Artist Nationality
Korean
Object Creation Date
4th century
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
Gimhae?
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
Creation Place 3
Gimhae?
Dimensions
16.6 cm x 8.3 cm at rim, 11.5 dia. at base (6 9/16 in. x 3 1/4 in. at rim)
Century
4th 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 entire surface of the body is adorned with vertical line and encircled with thin incised lines. The base is 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’s shell mounds of the southern coast of the Korea.
Primary Keywords
earthenware
jar
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3000 x 2872
File Size
1 MB
Record
2004/1.164
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"Small-mouthed storage jar with impressed cord design; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.164/2004_1.164.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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