Jar with Pedestal Base

between mid-1st and mid-6th century

Korean

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This stoneware jar has a short, slightly flared neck that curves inward toward the rim, a globular body, and an attached openwork pedestal. Simple in shape and design, its only decoration is a wave pattern above and below raised bands that encircle the neck, incised lines around the top of the body, and five rectangular perforations above a thin raised band on the stand. Such dark, austere stoneware was produced in the southeastern region of the Korean peninsula during the Gaya kingdom (42–562) from about the third century. The grayish-blue color, typical for Gaya pottery, was the result of firing at high temperatures in enclosed kilns. Many of these vessels were used for food storage or as cooking pots, and were found in large quantities in tombs. Gaya burials were in stone-lined tombs and rectangular chambers, into which ritual vessels were placed—symbolizing belief in a life after death. From Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 89 (2015)

Title Jar with Pedestal Base

Artwork Date between mid-1st and mid-6th century

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Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Korean

Medium Stoneware

Dimensions Overall: 14 × 9 3/4 × 39 1/2 inches (35.6 × 24.8 × 100.3 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department Asian Art

Credit Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2015.10

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(Kang Collection Korean Art Gallery, New York, New York, USA)

2015-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Korean, Jar with Pedestal Base, between mid-1st and mid-6th century, stoneware. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 2015.10.