손잡이 달린 인화 무늬 합 통일신라|把手有蓋印花文盒 統一新羅|Covered urn with geometric decoration
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8th century · Stoneware with stamped design · Asian Art
As Buddhism’s popularity rose in the Silla kingdom, cremation became the standard funerary practice, displacing earlier elaborate burial rites. This urn, with a stamped design of flowers and geometric patterns, is typical of Korean stoneware containers for ashes from the eighth century.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 8th century
- Medium
- Stoneware with stamped design
- Culture
- Korea
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
