An Ash-Glazed Stoneware Jar and Cover

THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD, GAYA FEDERATION (5TH-6TH CENTURY)

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An Ash-Glazed Stoneware Jar and Cover
Three Kingdoms period, Gaya Federation (5th-6th century)
Comprised of a globular jar with upright neck moulded on each shoulder with a loop lug to allow securing to the domed cover through its matching lugs, the vessel also exhibiting a sheen over most of the surface from a natural ash glaze and with random black patches from the firing
9¾in. (24.7cm.) high

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Gaya was a federation of states in the central and southern region of the Korean peninsula during the Three Kingdoms period (57BCE-300CE) that was subsumed into the Unified Silla dynasty in the later sixth century.

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