Funerary urn

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Culture Korean

Title Funerary urn

Date 7th century

Medium Stoneware and clay

Dimensions Base (diameter): 7 in. (17.8 cm)
rim diameter: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Overall (height): 5 in. (12.7 cm)

Credit Line Gift of James and Marvelle Adams in honor of William Lowe Bryan, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 60.44

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Almost all early Korean ceramics have been recovered from tombs. This vessel with its delicated incised decoration and open work foot was probably used as a funerary urn.

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"Funerary urn | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=60.44