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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Korean: Ceramics: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1495207

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Rare and Fine 5th to 6th Century Silla Jar with Beautiful Form and Design. Silla ware is the most undervalued and underpriced of Korean antiquities. It preceded and influenced the Sue ware of Japan. This jar is a precursor of the round 19th Century Korean Moon Jars that now sell for hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions of dollars. The body is similarly constructed of two wheel-thrown halves, but adds a perforated attached pedestal and ridged tall neck and features incised wave patterns created with a comb around the circumference of the body and neck. The tall neck helped to keep the contents from splashing out. Traces of accidental ash glaze occur throughout. For a similar jar see Syracuse University Museum's Catalogue # 62-301 in the 1965 John R. Fox Collection of Korean Ceramics exhibition catalogue pages 6 and 29. Jars identical to this one are in the Great Tomb of Hwangnam, the largest Silla tomb. This dual King and Queen's tomb is shown in the last photo here. Height: 11.5 inches, 29 cm. Circumference: 31 inches, 79cm.