Pedestal Bowl (with Cover) Silla (possibly)
Culture
Korean
Date400–599
Mediumclay
Dimensions12 x 12.9 cm (4 3/4 x 5 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Helen H. Lipner
Object number1972.36
DescriptionBaked clay, brownish with fragmentary residue of a clear glaze (?), accidental ash glaze. Pottery formed by turning. Bottom of vessel filled in by hand and use of finger tips. Cover does not fit vessel and was not made for it (although of same date)e.s. Possibly Silla DynastyLabel TextThis covered cup with openwork foot is the commonest of all Silla vessels, comprising half the pottery wares found in the tombs around Kyongju. It probably served as a food container, not a drinking cup. “Silla pottery” is a term commonly applied to greyish brown stoneware which was produced abundantly in South Korea during the Silla period. It derived from the prehistoric pottery of Korea which was a plain coarse ware influenced by Chinese pre-Han and Han pottery. The hardness of Silla pottery must be regarded as a distinctive achievement of South Korean potters.ProvenanceMrs. Helen H. Lipner, Foxboro, MA
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Chinese
early 15th century, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
