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Silla potThree Kingdoms Period (57 BCE - 668 CE), Silla, 5th - 6th century

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Geffen Galleries, Earth and Water

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Silla pot
Date Made: Three Kingdoms Period (57 BCE - 668 CE), Silla, 5th - 6th century
Medium: stoneware
Dimensions: Overall (Diameter): 15 × 11 in. (38.1 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line: Chinese and Korean Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Number: M.2021.32.1
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Chinese and Korean Art
Curatorial Notes: While this vessel’s form represents a classic size and shape in Silla gray stoneware, the double register incised with ten quadruped animals makes this example extremely rare. Silla stoneware typically displays exterior designs ranging from simple to intricately rendered. Evidence of a pottery tradition in Korea dates to around 8000 BCE with Neolithic earthenware. As in most societies, vessels served a variety of purposes: for storage of water, foodstuffs, and secular personal items; as receptacles in religious rituals; and for use by the deceased in the afterlife. This pot was likely a heating implement used in cooking or rituals. A bowl would have been placed at the top and hot coals inserted through the perforations at the bottom.

Virginia Moon

2024

On view:

Geffen Galleries, Earth and Water

No image

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Silla pot
Date Made: Three Kingdoms Period (57 BCE - 668 CE), Silla, 5th - 6th century
Medium: stoneware
Dimensions: Overall (Diameter): 15 × 11 in. (38.1 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line: Chinese and Korean Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Number: M.2021.32.1
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Chinese and Korean Art
Curatorial Notes: While this vessel’s form represents a classic size and shape in Silla gray stoneware, the double register incised with ten quadruped animals makes this example extremely rare. Silla stoneware typically displays exterior designs ranging from simple to intricately rendered. Evidence of a pottery tradition in Korea dates to around 8000 BCE with Neolithic earthenware. As in most societies, vessels served a variety of purposes: for storage of water, foodstuffs, and secular personal items; as receptacles in religious rituals; and for use by the deceased in the afterlife. This pot was likely a heating implement used in cooking or rituals. A bowl would have been placed at the top and hot coals inserted through the perforations at the bottom.

Virginia Moon

2024