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Short-necked Storage Jar

짧은 목 토기호 (圓底短頸壺)

300s CE
(57 BCE–668 CE)
gray earthenware with impressed cord design
Overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.); Outer diameter: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1989.88
Location: not on view
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The surface of this pottery jar was treated by the pounding technique.

Description

Early earthenware from the Three Kingdoms period is characterized by the jar's gray hue. Closed kiln chambers built on hillsides, which fired clay as high as 2000°F, maintained a low level of oxygen saturation. The loops on its round shoulder suggest that the jar once had a lid fastened by cords. The function of this type of large jar remains unknown, yet it is highly possibly that it was used to store harvested grains and seeds. The pounding technique (tanal in Korean) used to treat the surface strengthened the clay body.
Short-necked Storage Jar

Short-necked Storage Jar

300s CE

Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE)

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