Collections: Asian Art: Funerary Urn with Cover

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Funerary Urn with Cover

• Medium: Unglazed stoneware
• Place Made: Korea
• Dates: 7th-8th century
• Period: Three Kingdoms Period (Silla-Unified Silla)
• Dimensions: Height: 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm) Diameter at mouth: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Diameter at base: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
• Collections: Asian Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Asian Galleries, The Arts of Korea, 2nd Floor
• Accession Number: 40.721a-b
• Credit Line: Gift of Sir George Sansom
• Image: Overall, 40.721a-b_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Funerary Urn with Cover, 7th-8th century. Unglazed stoneware, Height: 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm) Diameter at mouth: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Diameter at base: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sir George Sansom, 40.721a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.721a-b_SL1.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: This dark grey, hard earthenware urn has a shiny surface and a bulbous silhouette. A jewel-shaped knob adorns the lid, which gracefully flares out. The urn itself has a straight mouth, a strongly accentuated shoulder, and a short, skirting base. Dotted half-circles and triangle motifs decorate the lid, while the body of the urn is covered with half-circle motifs. From "Korean Art Collection in the Brooklyn Museum" catalogue. Mortuary bowl and cover, with low foot which contracts slightly, spreading sides and mouth grooved to receive a cover. The cover is domed with a knob at top. Grayish brown coarse pottery, unglazed. Simple incised decoration of rows of circles, dots and lines with traces of earth still adhering. A piece is broken off the edge of the cover.