Lidded Jar with Four Horn Lugs
Unknown Artist
200s–400s CE
Medium
earthenware
Dimensions
25 × 21.5 cm · diameter of mouth 11.4 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Accession Number
1997.8.a
About this artwork
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.