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Wheel-shaped cup

Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea

Wheel-shaped cup

6th century

The unique design—two goblets sandwiched between a pair of chariot wheels—highlights the pottery art of the Three Kingdoms period. Scholars believe such cups were used as ritual vessels. Fewer than a dozen of this type have been discovered in tombs in Haman (southeast Korea). This cup was likely also from a burial site in the same area.
Stoneware
6 1/8 in. (15.56 cm)
Gift of Ann Rowland Eddy in honor of William J. Rathbun, John A. McCone Foundation Curator of Asian Art Emeritus
91.118
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
location
Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.
Published References"Korean Art Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, U.S.A." Tajaon Kwangyaoksi: Kungnip Munhwaja Yaonguso, 2015., pg. 50.

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