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Short-necked Storage Jar
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Short-necked Storage Jar

300s CE · gray earthenware with impressed cord design

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Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period is characterized by the jar's gray hue. Closed kiln chambers built on hillsides, which fired clay as high as 2000°F, maintained a low level of oxygen saturation. The loops on its round shoulder suggest that the jar once had a lid fastened by cords. The function of this type of large jar remains unknown, yet it is highly possibly that it was used to store harvested grains and seeds. The pounding technique ( tanal in Korean) used to treat the surface strengthened the clay body.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineShort-necked Storage Jar (짧은 목 토기호 [圓底短頸壺]), 300s CE. Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE). Gray earthenware with impressed cord design; overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.); outer diameter: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1989.88
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