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2. he short neck of this gray-bodied jar opens onto wide
Jar Tshoulders and turns downwards, forming a hemispheri-
4th–5th century, Three Kingdoms (Silla) cal body. Cord impressions are visible on the lower half of
TL results: fired between 1,200 & 1,900 years ago the vessel. The pot is attached to an integral stand with three
Earthenware roughly equidistant rectangular slits.
H: 20.5 cm, W: 17.8 cm
The upper part of this container is much the same as a vessel
made for utilitarian purposes. The jar appears to have been
constructed by coiling and then shaped further on a pot-
ter’s wheel. The flat bottom was beaten round with a cord-
wrapped paddle on the outside while supported with an an-
vil on the inside. The stand was potted separately, entirely on
a potter’s wheel, and attached to the jar before firing. This
vessel would originally have had an associated lid.
Vessels with raised pedestals were likely used exclusively
for ceremonial purposes during Korea’s early history. Not
all ceremonial vessels had integral stands. There were also
independent stands on which round-bottomed ceremonial
vessels could be placed. Tall, pierced stands, probably based
on metal forms, were popular during the Three Kingdoms
period and became lower and less common during the Uni-
fied Silla period. Ceramic vessels with pedestals disappeared
during the Goryeo dynasty and appeared again during the
Joseon dynasty in the form of high-footed offering wares.
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