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alled a janggun in Korean, one end of this rice bale or co-
Ccoon-shaped bottle is flat and the other end is rounded.
A trumpet-shaped mouth protrudes from the middle of the
oblong vessel. The gray stoneware body has cord impressions
throughout and is unglazed.

This bottle would have been potted and fired on its flat sur-
face. As this vessel cannot stand up on its own when rest-
ing horizontally, it would have been stabilized with a simple
stand such as a ring-like cushion made from straw or a sup-
40. port made from stacked pieces of wood. It may have been
Janggun bottle placed vertically, on the flat end, when empty. This type of
11th–14th century, Goryeo bottle held consumable liquids such as alcohol and had been
TL results: fired between 600 & 1,000 years ago used in China since the Warring States period (475–221 BC).
Unglazed stoneware In Korea, it appeared during the Three Kingdoms period (57
H: 18.4 cm, W: 25.3 cm BC–668 AD) and the shape was popular among buncheong
wares of all types during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
(see cats. 44 and 47 for a description of the different types of
buncheong wares). It continued to be used on the peninsula
into modern times, far outliving its use in China.

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