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Jar with small loop handles

ca. 3rd–4th century
Not on view
This storage jar is one of the distinctive types of early pottery produced by the Silla kingdom in the Gimhae region, near the southeastern coast of the Korean peninsula.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 줄무늬 손잡이 달린 항아리 삼국 가야
  • 撱耳附繩蓆文短頸壺 三國伽倻
  • Title: Jar with small loop handles
  • Period: Three Kingdoms period, probably Gaya Federation (42–562)
  • Date: ca. 3rd–4th century
  • Culture: Korea
  • Medium: Earthenware
  • Dimensions: H. 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm); Diam. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Helen M. Meserve, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Danziger and Mrs. Jackson Burke Gifts, 1981
  • Object Number: 1981.401
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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