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horn-like knob protrudes from the side of this flat-bot-
A omed vessel. There are shallow grooves that run along
t
the circumference of the body which indicate the vessel was
formed on a potter’s wheel. The clay of the reddish body ma-
terial has been tempered with sand.

Earthenware was generally fired at temperatures between
1,000 to 1,200 degrees Celsius. This vessel was likely fired
in a bonfire or pit kiln. Sand was sometimes used to temper
the clay of earthenware vessels in order to keep it from ex-
panding or contracting too rapidly during the firing process,
which can cause cracks in the final product.
5. The horn-like handle started to appear in pottery on the
Horn-handled vessel Korean peninsula during the early Three Kingdoms period
5th–7th century, Three Kingdoms (Silla) (1st-3rd centuries) and continued to be a feature of certain
Earthenware types of vessels into the Unified Silla period. Pottery drink-
H: 9.8 cm, W: 12.2 cm ing horns have been discovered in graves from throughout
the Three Kingdoms period. This vessel may have held food-
stuffs for the deceased, or it may have been a cinerary urn.

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