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Jar for Ashes
(Japan and Korea )
This jar was made as a container for ashes, in accordance with the Buddhist preference for cremation; however, there is no residue inside to indicate that the jar was used. Such urns could be deposited at a temple, inside a pagoda, or at a family burial site.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Alice Boney, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Unknown family, upstate New York, by purchase, ca. 1950 - 1959; Kaikodo Asian Art Gallery, New York, NY; Carol Conover, Kaikodo, NY, 1997, by purchase; Friends of the Asian Collection, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.
Geographies
Korea (Place of Origin)
Measurements
9 1/4 x 9 1/16 in. (23.5 x 23 cm) (diam.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Friends of the Asian Collection, 1999
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.
49.2764