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Funerary urn and cover

Funerary urn and cover

  • Place of origin:

    Korea (made)

  • Date:

    600-800 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Stoneware, incised

  • Museum number:

    C.169&A-1926

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case K, shelf 1

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The vessel and cover are made of high-fired stoneware. It is likely that they formed a funerary container for the cremated ashes of a Buddhist believer. The Korean peninsula witnessed a gradual conversion to belief in the Buddhist faith, between the third and sixth centuries AD.

Physical description

The plain lidded urn has a circular knob and a low footring. Radiating from the knob of the lid are incised straight lines. These are edged by a circle of tiny concentric circles.

Place of Origin

Korea (made)

Date

600-800 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Stoneware, incised

Dimensions

Height: 4 cm, Diameter: 13 cm

Descriptive line

Funerary urn and cover, unglazed grey stoneware; Korea, Unified Silla period, 600-800

Materials

Stoneware

Techniques

Incised

Categories

Ceramics; Stoneware

Collection code

EAS

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