This combination of a round jar and an elongated stand with a perforated design is representative of high-fired, wheel-thrown gray stoneware from the Silla kingdom and the neighboring Gaya federation. Vessels of this type seem to have functioned primarily as burial objects.
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단지와 그릇받침 삼국 신라 壺, 器臺 三國, 新羅
Title:Jar and tall perforated stand
Period:Three Kingdoms period, Silla Kingdom (57 BCE–676 CE)
Date:mid-5th century
Culture:Korea
Medium:Stoneware with traces of incidental ash glaze
Dimensions:H. 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm) Diam. of rim (of jar): 6 in. (15.2 cm) Body diameter: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) Diam. of foot: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
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