Philip Hafferty
Junior Specialist
Important works of art from an American private collection
Lot 815
A STONEWARE JAR AND COVER
Korean, Three Kingdoms period, Gaya federation (42-562)
22 March 2023, 10:00 EDT
New YorkUS$6,000 - US$8,000
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Jeff Olson
Director
A STONEWARE JAR AND COVER
Korean, Three Kingdoms period, Gaya federation (42-562)
The almost spherical high-fired unglazed stoneware jar with rounded base, the short neck with a narrow circumferential band; the cover roughly hemispherical, terminating in a waisted knop
With two wooden boxes and a modern metal tripod stand
19 1/4in (49cm) high
The almost spherical high-fired unglazed stoneware jar with rounded base, the short neck with a narrow circumferential band; the cover roughly hemispherical, terminating in a waisted knop
With two wooden boxes and a modern metal tripod stand
19 1/4in (49cm) high
Footnotes
This jar, large enough to have been used for an ancestral or funerary ritual, would have rested on a tall stand with perforated triangular or rectangular patterns in a combination that is unique to Korea and representative of the high-fired gray ceramics of the Three Kingdoms period.