Small Jar with Perforated Foot and Stamped and Incised Designs

Korea

late 6th–early 7th century

Earthenware with natural ash glaze

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A wide, shallow earthenware jar with a perforated foot and a narrow opening. The body of the jar is decorated with stamped and incised geometric patterns. Uneven mottling along the shoulders of this vase is the result of ash that settled during the firing process to create a natural glaze. The rows of round stamped designs alternating with rows of incised geometric patterns are typical of stoneware produced during the Unified Silla period (668–935). Gallery G206 Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation