손잡이 달린 인화 무늬 합 통일신라
Unknown Artist
As Buddhism’s popularity rose in the Silla kingdom, cremation became the standard funerary practice, displacing earlier elaborate burial rites. This urn, with a stamped design of flowers and geometric patterns, is typical of Korean stoneware containers for ashes from the eighth century.
Credit: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
8th century
Stoneware with stamped design
22.9cm
1997.34.18a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection