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
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