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Burial Urn with Stamped Design (lid)
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About this work
After the introduction of Buddhism, cremation became a common practice in Korea. This jar, which once contained the remains of the dead, may have nested in a larger stone container. The repetitive patterns that appear on the lid and the container was done with a stamping technique.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBurial Urn with Stamped Design (lid) (인화무늬 뼈항아리 [印花文骨壺]), 500s–600s. Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935). Stoneware with stamped designs under olive-green glaze; diameter: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.); average: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1928.178.b
