Pedestal dish

5th–6th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 233
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
This pedestal dish was used in daily life as well as in mortuary rituals. It is typical of stoneware produced in the Silla Kingdom and the Gaya Federation. Vessels like these have been excavated in large amounts, with and without their lids, from tomb sites along the Nakdong River, in southeast Korea, the area of the former territories of Silla and Gaya.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 토기 굽다리 접시와 두껑 삼국시대
  • 土器高杯蓋 三國時代
  • Title: Pedestal dish
  • Period: Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–676 CE)
  • Date: 5th–6th century
  • Culture: Korea
  • Medium: Stoneware
  • Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Lent by the children of Lea Sneider
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art