Round-Bottomed Jar with Straight Mouth / Artist Unknown, Korea

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Accession Number
2004/1.172
Title
Round-Bottomed Jar with Straight Mouth
Artist Nationality
Korean
Object Creation Date
5th century
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
Silla (state)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
Creation Place 3
Silla (state)
Dimensions
36.2 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm (14 1/4 in. x 11 13/16 in. x 11 13/16 in.)
Century
5th century
Primary Object Classification
Ceramic
Primary Object Type
jar
Secondary Object Classification
decorative arts
Physical Description
A sturdy, well-potted stoneware jar, with a spherical bottom, a sharply angled shoulder, and a wide slightly flaring mouth. The decoration consists of four bands of combed wavy lines: one at the waist, one at the shoulder, and two on the neck. The neck bands are bordered by three ridges, a double ridge topmost.
Subject Matter
Two types of stoneware jars were made in Silla. Short-necked jars were used to store grain or liquid, while long-necked jars, often with a pierced stand, were used for ceremonies and placed in the tomb with the dead. Burial chamber were filled with such pieces, which were meant to serve the dead in the afterlife. A great deal of our understanding about the material culture of Silla comes from such burial goods.
Archaeological evidence indicates that this ceramic type was first developed in the Kaya region, and subsequently adopted in Silla. While earlier coil-built pottery was uneven and restricted in form, the Kaya-Silla wares were thrown on a fast wheel giving them thin, and even walls. They were fired at high temperature (about 800°C), in efficient, large single-chambered kilns, which made them tough and non-porous.
During the firing process, ash from the burning wood would sometimes melt onto the clay body, forming a natural glaze. Korean potters soon took advantage of this and would regularly shake the firewood to encourage the ash to disperse and fall onto the body of the pot. Many long-necked jars show traces of this natural glaze.
Primary Keywords
ceramics
incised
jar
stoneware
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"Round-Bottomed Jar with Straight Mouth; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.172/2004_1_172.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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