Covered Jar with Horn Handle
Unknown Artist
400s–500s CE
Medium
red earthenware with applied red slip
Dimensions
15.3 × 13.5 cm · diameter of mouth 9.2 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the John D. Proctor Foundation
Accession Number
1997.19.a
About this artwork
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 example, to preserve cremated remains, and some to serve offerings in rituals.