Lidded Cup with Strap Handles
AD 300s-400s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Lidded Cup with Strap Handles, AD 300s-400s. Korea, Kaya period (AD 42-562). Stoneware with natural ash glaze; diameter of mouth: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); overall: 21.5 x 20.5 cm (8 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1997.9.a Pottery vessels with a footed stand such as this one is the earliest known high-fired ware. Its gray color is the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber. Footed vessels were not for everyday usage, but rather served to present offerings to the deceased. A series of triangular cutouts shown on the bottom are standard features of Kaya pottery.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- Dimensions
- Diameter of mouth: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Overall: 21.5 x 20.5 cm (8 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1997.9.a
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Other Side of the Story - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation, Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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