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Korean

Cup with bell

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Object Details

Culture

Korean

Date

Three Kingdoms period; Kaya; 5th century

Medium

Stoneware

Dimensions

Height: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Colonel John R. Fox

Object
Number

65.319

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONThis is an early Korean stoneware vessel once used to hold food or drink.WHERE WAS (…)

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONThis is an early Korean stoneware vessel once used to hold food or drink.WHERE WAS IT MADE?This vessel was made in an area of southern Korea once ruled by the Gaya federation. HOW WAS IT MADE?This vessel shows signs of having been made on a potter’s wheel. The potter’s wheel was brought to Korea from China more than 2000 years ago. A closed type of kiln was also introduced from China around the same time. These kilns could reach higher temperatures than the open kilns that Korean potters had used previously. Ashes that accidentally adhered to the surface of the vessel during the firing process were converted to a type of glaze by the high temperature in the kiln.HOW WAS IT USED?During the Three Kingdoms period (ca. 300-668), ceramic vessels such as this one were made for everyday use and for burial in tombs. Large quantities of these vessels have been excavated from tombs, where they were interred after being used during funerary rituals. To supply the deceased in the after-life, vessels were typically filled with food and drink at the time of the burial. The lower portion of this vessel contains a ceramic bell that makes a clear sound when the vessel is shaken.WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS?Blackish-gray stoneware predominated during the Three Kingdoms period, some with ash glazes that occurred naturally during high temperature firing, when flying ash settled on and fused to the pot. Pedestal pots, some functioning as cups, were the most common vessel form of the time. They were primarily decorated with pierced geometric forms around the pedestals and incised motifs on the vessel surfaces. Both types of designs can be seen on this cup, in the triangular openings in the bottom and the band of incised lines along the top.

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