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Title: Cinerary urn with concentric circles design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Stoneware jar with natural ash glaze, squat body and lid. Along the widest horizontal stretch is a design of incised concentric circles, with another row above consisting of circles comprised of a pattern of impressions marking the edge of each circle. The convex curve of the lid also contains a row of incised concentric circles, before sloping into a concave valley, and rising up again to a small plateau. It is on this landing that a cintamani style knob rests.
Century: 7th-8th century
Object Creation Date: 7th century - 8th century
Accession Number: 1973/2.34A&B
Medium and Support: stoneware with stamped design and natural ash glaze
relevance: rank 12.33068
Primary Keywords: ceramics; reliquaries; stoneware

Title: Cinerary urn with circle-and-dot design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Stoneware jar with natural ash glaze and rounded lid. Along the widest horizontal stretch is an incised circle-and-dot design. A design of concentric circles also loops around just as the rounded curve of the lid begins to flatten into a plateau on which a cintamani style knob rests.
Century: 7th century
Object Creation Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 1973/2.35A&B
Medium and Support: stoneware with stamped decoration
relevance: rank 12.33068
Primary Keywords: ceramics; reliquaries; stoneware

Title: Cinerary Urn or Reliquary with stamped circle designs
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: This stoneware vessel consists of a bowl and lid. The curved hemispheric lid has a ring-shaped knob in the center and is decorated with stamped design irregularly. The high and hemispheric bowl stands on the low foot with a flat base. This part is also decorated with densely and evenly stamped design.
Century: 8th-early 9th century
Object Creation Date: 8th century - early 9th century
Accession Number: 2004/1.205A&B
Medium and Support: stoneware
relevance: rank 12.19511
Primary Keywords: cinerary urns; reliquaries; stoneware

Title: Cinerary urn with triangular circle-and-dot design
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Stoneware jar with natural ash glaze and bell-shaped lid. Along the widest horizontal stretch of the base is an incised circle-and-dot design. A variation on this pattern also loops around the lid, topped by a line marking a ring along the surface of the lid, and incised lines extending outward from a button-shaped knob.
Century: 7th century
Object Creation Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 1973/2.36A&B
Medium and Support: stoneware with stamped and incised decoration and natural ash glaze
relevance: rank 12.19511
Primary Keywords: ceramics; incising; reliquaries; stoneware

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