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Lidded Cup with Strap Handles
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About this work
Pottery vessels with a footed stand such as this one is the earliest known high-fired ware. Its gray color is the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber. Footed vessels were not for everyday usage, but rather served to present offerings to the deceased.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLidded Cup with Strap Handles (뚜껑있는 토기 잔 [有蓋把手附臺杯]), 300s–400s CE. Korea, Gaya period (42–562 CE). Stoneware with natural ash glaze; overall: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.); outer diameter: 15.7 cm (6 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1997.9
