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Lidded Jar
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Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668) became widely utilized as agriculture and religion grew to be essential elements in sustaining society and its systems. The clay jars of different sizes and shapes on display were made for the following purposes: some were used to store harvested grains and seeds, some, especially lidded ones such as this, to preserve cremated remains, and some to serve offerings in rituals.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLidded Jar (뚜껑있는 토기 호 [有蓋土器壺]), 400s–500s CE. Korea, Silla (57 BC-935) or Kaya (AD 42-562) period. Red earthenware with incised band designs; diameter of mouth: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); overall: 11 x 12.8 cm (4 5/16 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John D. Proctor Foundation, 1997.20.a
