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Jar with Horn-Shaped Handles
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Pottery vessels, such as this one, were produced in sloping tunnel kilns that reached 1,000 to 1,200 degrees Celsius. This jar’s bulbous body with delicate horn-shaped handles suggests that it may have served to present offerings to the deceased. This type of high-fired terracotta vessel is usually excavated from tomb sites in the southwestern region of the Korean peninsula.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineJar with Horn-Shaped Handles (쇠뿔모양 손잡이 항아리 [牛角形把手附壺]), 200s–400s CE. Korea, Silla (57 BCE–935 CE). Earthenware with incised decoration and color; overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); diameter of mouth: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); diameter with handles: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of George Gund, 1991.137
