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Jar with Loop Handle
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Jar with Loop Handle

200s–300s CE · earthenware

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Closed kilns built on hillsides became widely used for producing this type of pottery vessel in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period. Both its gray color and shimmering glaze are the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber. The pounding technique ( tanal in Korean) on the surface strengthened the clay body, leaving behind a geometric pattern.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineJar with Loop Handle (뚜껑있는 토기 호 [有蓋土器壺]), 200s–300s CE. Korea, Baekje kingdom (18 BCE–660 CE). Earthenware; overall: 33.8 cm (13 5/16 in.); outer diameter: 27.4 cm (10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1997.188
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