The lush red color of this jar comes from an iron-oxide pigment that was applied and burnished onto the vessel before it was fired. Found primarily in tombs, jars such as this example were likely used in funereal rituals.
Jar
Period: late Bronze Age (ca. 15th–ca. 3rd century B.C.)
Date: ca. 4th century B.C.
Culture: Korea
Medium: Burnished red earthenware
Dimensions: H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. of rim 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Hongnam Kim, to commemorate the opening of the Arts of Korea Gallery, 1998
Accession Number: 1998.212
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