Description
Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668) became widely utilized as agriculture and religion grew to be essential elements in sustaining society and its systems. The clay jars of different sizes and shapes on display were made for the following purposes: some were used to store harvested grains and seeds, some to preserve cremated remains, and some to serve offerings in rituals.
Provenance
(Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1981-1997); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4, 1997-)
Accession Number
1997.8
Medium
earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.); Outer diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund