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Jar with Lid

Asian Art

On View: Asian Galleries, South, 2nd floor
Brown-glazed ceramic wares were used in many Korean kitchens for storage and serving of foodstuffs. More expensive porcelain and metal dishes were used as table settings if a household could afford them. Although they are often called honey pots, lidded small jars like these were used for a wide variety of sauces and pickled vegetables. Many Korean homes produced and stored large quantities of fermented and salt-preserved foods in very large ceramic jars that were kept outside. Cooks used these smaller jars when they retrieved those ingredients for use in the kitchen.
MEDIUM Stoneware, glaze
  • Place Made: Korea
  • DATES 19th century
    DYNASTY Joseon Dynasty
    DIMENSIONS Jar: Height: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm) Diameter at mouth: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm) Diameter at base: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm) Diameter at widest point: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) Lid: Height: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm) Diameter at mouth: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm) Diameter at base: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 1991.74.36a-b
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Estate of Charles A. Brandon
    EXHIBITIONS
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Asian Galleries, South, 2nd floor
    CAPTION Jar with Lid, 19th century. Stoneware, glaze, Jar:. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Charles A. Brandon, 1991.74.36a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1991.74.36a-b.jpg)
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