Oil bottle, 9th century
Unknown Koreanexpand_more
Stoneware with incidental ash glazeexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.478
On View in Gallery 206expand_more
The bulbous body of this bottle, decorated with dense vertical lines, narrows sharply at the shoulders to support a narrow, elegantly flared mouth. Vessels of this type have been found at a variety of sites, including tombs, temples, and domestic settings.
Details
- Title
- Oil bottle
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.478
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 887
- Curator Approved
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