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Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs
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About this work
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 built on hillsides.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs (뚜껑있는 토기 호 (有蓋土器壺)), 200s–400s CE. Korea, Gaya period (42–562 CE). Earthenware; diameter of mouth: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); overall: 25 x 21.5 cm (9 13/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1997.8.a
