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Hook-handled jar
Hook-handled jar

Hook-handled jar

Place of OriginKorea
Date57 BCE-668 CE
PeriodThree Kingdoms period (57 BCE-668 CE)
MaterialsEarthenware
DimensionsH. 8 in x Diam. 9 in, H. 20.3 cm x 22.9 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60P49+
DepartmentKorean Art
ClassificationsCeramics
On View
On view
LocationGallery 25
More Information
This jar, formerly identified as a Yayoi period ceramic, may have been made in Korea during the Three Kingdoms period. Similarities between Yayoi vessels and Three Kingdoms pottery attest to the migration of people and technologies to Japan from the Korean peninsula.
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