Storage jar

Museum number:
9-14856
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Alternate number:
9 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3418
Description:
Jar; globular pale green celadon storage jar with small flaring mouth, small annular base; several old repairs; 1 major, several minor chips on foot; height 50.1 cm. According to donor, filled with food and put in graves to feed the dead.
Donor:
Paul Schuster Taylor
Collection place:
Seoul, South Korea
Verbatim coll. place:
Korea (purch. in Seoul)
Culture or time period:
Korean
Collector:
Dorothea Lange and Paul Schuster Taylor
Collection date:
1962
Materials:
Celadon (glaze) (probable materials: clay, celadon glaze) and Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Context of use:
According to donor put in graves to feed the dead (filled w/ food). Originally purchased for $125.00. Appraiser noted "possibly Kaesong 17th/18th century." According to donor a trademark of Korean jars is that they are always lopsided. He believes that this is intentional.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 50.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Storage jar, accession number 9-14856, described as Jar; globular pale green celadon storage jar with small flaring mouth, small annular base; several old repairs; 1 major, several minor chips on foot; height 50.1 cm. According to donor, filled with food and put in graves to feed the dead.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Storage jar, accession number 9-14856, described as Jar; globular pale green celadon storage jar with small flaring mouth, small annular base; several old repairs; 1 major, several minor chips on foot; height 50.1 cm. According to donor, filled with food and put in graves to feed the dead.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Storage jar, accession number 9-14856, described as Jar; globular pale green celadon storage jar with small flaring mouth, small annular base; several old repairs; 1 major, several minor chips on foot; height 50.1 cm. According to donor, filled with food and put in graves to feed the dead.

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