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Jar for Liquids or Grains
5th-6th century (Old Silla Kingdom)
stoneware with natural ash glaze
(Japan and Korea )
(Japan and Korea )
This jar was placed in a tomb. It was fired in a tunnel kiln, where firings could take a week or more, and where the reactions that occurred as ash from burning wood fell on the vessels created a natural glaze.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Beverly Becker, Bel Air, MD [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1994, by gift.
Geographies
Korea (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 5/8 × Diam: 7 7/8 in. (29.5 × 20 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Beverly Becker in memory of General and Mrs. Carter B. Magruder, 1994
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.2682