Jar (1100s): Art, History and Details

Jar (1100s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This jar is one of the rare porcelain examples from the Goryeo period (918–1392). In Korea at that time, both celadons and porcelains were produced in the same kilns, explaining why this porcelain jar bears a greenish blue glaze.

Object facts

• Title: Jar
• Date: 1100s
• Culture: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: Pottery, glazed
• Dimensions: height: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.); Outer diameter: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
• Collection: Korean Art
• Department: Korean Art
• Accession number: 1970.561

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. Karl Martoch

Further reading listed by the museum

• Pottery from Ancient Korea: Clay Art for Life and Death [한국고대의토기 : 흙・예술・삶과 죽음]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1997.
• Kim, Yunjeong and 8 others. Hangung doja sajeon [한국 도자 사전]. Seoul: Gyeongin munhwasa, 2015.

View the collection record

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