Jar with Horn-Shaped Handles
Unknown Artist
200s–400s CE
Medium
earthenware with incised decoration and color
Dimensions
h. 23.5 cm · diameter of mouth 15.9 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of George Gund
Accession Number
1991.137
About this artwork
Pottery vessels, such as this one, were produced in sloping tunnel kilns that reached 1,000 to 1,200 degrees Celsius. This jar’s bulbous body with delicate horn-shaped handles suggests that it may have served to present offerings to the deceased. This type of high-fired terracotta vessel is usually excavated from tomb sites in the southwestern region of the Korean peninsula.