Pedestal bowl
Date5th century
Maker
Korean
Label TextThis grey stoneware bowl, missing its lid, is representative of burial pottery from the kingdom of Silla, one of the Korean “Three Kingdoms.” The distinctive rectangular piercings on the base may have been inserted for the fire beneath.
Object number51.189
Photo CreditPhoto: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Luminous: The Art of Asia", October 13, 2011 - January 8, 2012Published ReferencesRogers, Millard B. "Korean Ceramics in the Seattle Art Museum," in Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin, Vol. IX, nos. 3-4, Sept-Dec 1957, pp. 13-14, pl. I
"Korean Art Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, U.S.A." Tajaon Kwangyaoksi: Kungnip Munhwaja Yaonguso, 2015., pg. 43.
Credit LineGift of Collins-Moffat Co.
Dimensions5 5/16 x 6 1/8 in. (13.5 x 15.56 cm)
Diam.: 3 9/16 in.
Girth: 17 in.
Diam. bottom: 3 11/16 in.
H. of base: 2 in.
MediumStoneware with openwork decoration and accidental ash glaze
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